Versioning.NET VS Nerdbank.GitVersioning

Compare Versioning.NET vs Nerdbank.GitVersioning and see what are their differences.

Versioning.NET

A dotnet tool that automatically increments versions in csproj files based on git commit hints. (by cbcrouse)

Nerdbank.GitVersioning

Stamp your assemblies, packages and more with a unique version generated from a single, simple version.json file and include git commit IDs for non-official builds. (by dotnet)
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Versioning.NET Nerdbank.GitVersioning
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19 1,294
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3.6 8.5
12 months ago 10 days ago
C# C#
MIT License MIT License
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Versioning.NET

Posts with mentions or reviews of Versioning.NET. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-24.

Nerdbank.GitVersioning

Posts with mentions or reviews of Nerdbank.GitVersioning. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-02-01.
  • How to set up automatic versioning
    2 projects | /r/dotnet | 1 Feb 2023
    i have been using Nerdbank GitVersioing https://github.com/dotnet/Nerdbank.GitVersioning
  • Question on detection multiple path changes
    3 projects | /r/azuredevops | 30 May 2022
    The https://github.com/Azure/ResourceModules repo (which I recommend strongly, if you are just starting with template specs/bicep modules) seems to be at least referencing https://github.com/dotnet/Nerdbank.GitVersioning though when I peeked at their pipelines I'm not sure if they are actually utilizing it for version numbers. For me it was a bit too complex approach, but might suit you.
  • CI/CD for .net 6, using GitHub actions
    3 projects | dev.to | 30 Nov 2021
    So, is there a complexity with delivering a NuGet package? Yes. NuGet package versioning can be a big undertaking when it comes to manual deployments, much less CD; as there is a requirement of NuGet packages being immutable. Does this mean that for every check in, on every potential branch that will be pushed to NuGet, you need to update some text file or code to indicate the next built version? That was my initial thinking, but thankfully that is not the case with the help of Nerdbank.GitVersioning.
  • Automatic .NET Versioning Tool
    5 projects | /r/dotnet | 10 Apr 2021
    I would suggest you compare with the readme on https://github.com/dotnet/Nerdbank.GitVersioning (FD: this is what I use for versioning my projects, so I'm already very familiar with it), which has most of the details up front (i.e. I don't have to go browsing through multiple wiki pages). It clearly calls out: - What does the package accomplish? (it adds semver information based on git history) - What is it compatible with? ("[dotnet] assemblies, VSIX, NuGet, NPM, and more") - What sets it apart? (#1: every commit generates a unique version, and builds reproducibility is prioritized. #2-4: everything is automatic.) - Further down it talks about how it calculates versions, and how to calculate between versions and git commits (i.e. how does the automatic part work)
  • What is the “standard” method of versioning your applications?
    1 project | /r/csharp | 22 Jan 2021
    GitVersioning. Auto-increments based on commit. Integrates into your build and automatically adds AssemblyInfo. https://github.com/dotnet/Nerdbank.GitVersioning
  • Best practices for versioning in Release Pipelines
    2 projects | /r/azuredevops | 31 Dec 2020
  • Run EF Core Queries on SQL Server From Blazor WebAssembly
    18 projects | dev.to | 21 Sep 2020
    How to adopt a versioning strategy using tools like Nerdbank GitVersion

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AspNetCore.Docs - Documentation for ASP.NET Core

GitVersion - From git log to SemVer in no time

Verlite - Automatically version projects via semantic git tags with a focus on being lite, optimized for continuous delivery.

marionette - Marionette is a test automation framework based on image and text recognition for .NET.

liz - liz (ˈlɪz) is a tool to extract license-information from your project/solution aimed on a fast and correct process. Whether it's via a dotnet-CLI-Tool, Cake-Addin or Nuke-Addon

ExpressionPowerTools - Power tools for working with IQueryable and Expression trees.

NuKeeper - Automagically update nuget packages in .NET projects

CommandLineUtils - Command line parsing and utilities for .NET