[ISSUE]: The count of (GitVersion.PreReleaseNumber) is reset to 0 in the branch Develop without any reason.

[kornitdevops]

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GitVersion package

AzureDevops task

GitVersion version

5.x

Operating system

Windows

What are you seeing?

The count of (GitVersion.PreReleaseNumber) is reset to 0 in the branch Develop without any reason.

What is expected?

it will continue to count above 4.5.0.47, instead its downgraded to 4.5.0.2

Steps to Reproduce

just merge "personal/branch" to the Develop branch with 1 commit

RepositoryFixture Test

No response

Output log or link to your CI build (if appropriate).

gitvesion.yml:

        mode: ContinuousDeployment
        tag-prefix: '[vV]'
        legacy-semver-padding: 5
        continuous-delivery-fallback-tag: '' # ci
        major-version-bump-message: '\+semver:\s?(breaking|major)'
        minor-version-bump-message: '\+semver:\s?(feature|minor)'
        patch-version-bump-message: '\+semver:\s?(fix|patch)'
        no-bump-message: '\+semver:\s?(none|skip)'
        commit-message-incrementing: Enabled
        branches:
          main:
            regex: ^main$
            tag: ''
            increment: None
            prevent-increment-of-merged-branch-version: true
            source-branches:
            - develop
            - release
            tracks-release-branches: false
            is-release-branch: false
            is-mainline: true
          develop:
            regex: ^develop$
            tag: dev
            increment: Minor
            prevent-increment-of-merged-branch-version: true
            tracks-release-branches: true
            track-merge-target: true
          release:
            regex: ^release?[/-]\d.\d.\d$
            tag: release
            increment: Inherit
            prevent-increment-of-merged-branch-version: true
            source-branches:
            - develop
            is-release-branch: true
          feature:
            regex: ^feature[/-]
            tag: f-{BranchName}
            increment: Inherit
            prevent-increment-of-merged-branch-version: true
            source-branches:
            - develop
          pull-request:
            tag: '' # PullRequest
            increment: Inherit
            prevent-increment-of-merged-branch-version: true
            tag-number-pattern: '[/-](?<number>\d+)'
            regex: ^(pull|pull\-requests|pr)[/-]
            source-branches:
            - develop
            - main
            - release
            - feature
            - hotfix
            tracks-release-branches: false
            is-release-branch: false
            is-mainline: false
          hotfix:
            regex: ^hotfix[/-]
            tag: h-{BranchName}
            increment: Patch
            prevent-increment-of-merged-branch-version: true
            source-branches:
            - main
            tracks-release-branches: false
            is-release-branch: false
            is-mainline: false
        ignore:
          sha: []
        commit-date-format: dd-MM-yyyy
        merge-message-formats: {}
        update-build-number: true


pipeline 4.5.00.47:
 47 commits found between c3aeaad Increment Version ***NO_CI*** and f2d3294 Merged PR 23489: 
pipeline 4.5.0.2:

[arturcic]

Currently the 5.x versions is really old and we are not maintaining it. We're in the process of releasing a new v6.0.0 version so you better target the new version. Please check this example https://github.com/GitTools/actions/blob/main/docs/examples/azure/gitversion/setup/usage-examples.md#example-3

[kornitdevops]

Thank you for the answer

I updated the gitversion to 6X and now I get an error:
do I need to change something in the Gitversion.yml because of version 6?

updated template:

• task: PowerShell@2
  inputs:
  targetType: 'inline'
  script: |
  $directoryPath = "$(repositoryPath)/.azuredevops/gitversion"
  $filePath = "$directoryPath/GitVersion.yml"

  # Check if the file exists
  if (Test-Path -Path $filePath) {
      Write-Output "GitVersion.yml already exists. No action needed."
  } else {
      Write-Output "GitVersion.yml does not exist. Creating directory and file."
  
      # If the file does not exist, ensure the directory exists
      if (-not (Test-Path -Path $directoryPath)) {
          New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $directoryPath -Force
      }
  
      # Define the content of the GitVersion.yml file
      $content = @"
  mode: ContinuousDeployment
  tag-prefix: '[vV]'
  legacy-semver-padding: 5
  continuous-delivery-fallback-tag: '' # ci
  major-version-bump-message: '\+semver:\s?(breaking|major)'
  minor-version-bump-message: '\+semver:\s?(feature|minor)'
  patch-version-bump-message: '\+semver:\s?(fix|patch)'
  no-bump-message: '\+semver:\s?(none|skip)'
  commit-message-incrementing: Enabled
  branches:
    main:
      regex: ^main$
      tag: ''
      increment: None
      prevent-increment-of-merged-branch-version: true
      source-branches:
      - develop
      - release
      tracks-release-branches: false
      is-release-branch: false
      is-mainline: true
    develop:
      regex: ^develop$
      tag: dev
      increment: Minor
      prevent-increment-of-merged-branch-version: true
      tracks-release-branches: true
      track-merge-target: true
    release:
      regex: ^release?[/-]\d.\d.\d$
      tag: release
      increment: Inherit
      prevent-increment-of-merged-branch-version: true
      source-branches:
      - develop
      is-release-branch: true
    feature:
      regex: ^feature[/-]
      tag: f-{BranchName}
      increment: Inherit
      prevent-increment-of-merged-branch-version: true
      source-branches:
      - develop
    pull-request:
      tag: '' # PullRequest
      increment: Inherit
      prevent-increment-of-merged-branch-version: true
      tag-number-pattern: '[/-](?<number>\d+)'
      regex: ^(pull|pull\-requests|pr)[/-]
      source-branches:
      - develop
      - main
      - release
      - feature
      - hotfix
      tracks-release-branches: false
      is-release-branch: false
      is-mainline: false
    hotfix:
      regex: ^hotfix[/-]
      tag: h-{BranchName}
      increment: Patch
      prevent-increment-of-merged-branch-version: true
      source-branches:
      - main
      tracks-release-branches: false
      is-release-branch: false
      is-mainline: false
  ignore:
    sha: []
  commit-date-format: dd-MM-yyyy
  merge-message-formats: {}
  update-build-number: true
  "@
      # Write the content to the file
      $content | Out-File -FilePath $filePath -Encoding utf8
  }
  

  displayName: Create GitVersion.yml

• task: gitversion/setup@0
  inputs:
  versionSpec: '6.x'
  includePrerelease: true

• task: gitversion/execute@0
  inputs:
  targetPath: '$(repositoryPath)'
  useConfigFile: true
  configFilePath: '$(repositoryPath)/.azuredevops/gitversion/GitVersion.yml'

log:

INFO [24-07-17 9:40:44:35] Found configuration file at 'D:\Agents\A1\277\s.azuredevops\gitversion\GitVersion.yml'
WARN [24-07-17 9:40:44:51] An error occurred:
Could not build the configuration instance because following exception occurred: 'Property 'tag' not found on type 'GitVersion.Configuration.BranchConfiguration'.' Please ensure that the /overrideconfig parameters are correct and the configuration file is in the correct format.

[kornitdevops]

I have updated the Yml:

    mode: ContinuousDelivery
    tag-prefix: '[vV]'
    major-version-bump-message: '\+semver:\s?(breaking|major)'
    minor-version-bump-message: '\+semver:\s?(feature|minor)'
    patch-version-bump-message: '\+semver:\s?(fix|patch)'
    no-bump-message: '\+semver:\s?(none|skip)'
    commit-message-incrementing: Enabled
    branches:
      main:
        regex: ^main$
        label: ''
        increment: None
        source-branches:
        - develop
        - release
        tracks-release-branches: false
        is-release-branch: false
        is-main-branch: true
      develop:
        regex: ^develop$
        label: dev
        increment: Minor
        tracks-release-branches: true
        track-merge-target: true
      release:
        regex: ^release?[/-]\d.\d.\d$
        label: release
        increment: Inherit
        source-branches:
        - develop
        is-release-branch: true
      feature:
        regex: ^features?[/-](?<BranchName>.+)
        label: f-{BranchName}
        increment: Inherit
        source-branches:
        - develop
      pull-request:
        label: '' # PullRequest
        increment: Inherit
        label-number-pattern: '[/-](?<number>\d+)'
        regex: ^(pull|pull\-requests|pr)[/-]
        source-branches:
        - develop
        - main
        - release
        - feature
        - hotfix
        tracks-release-branches: false
        is-release-branch: false
        is-main-branch: false
      hotfix:
        regex: ^hotfix[/-]
        label: h-{BranchName}
        increment: Patch
        source-branches:
        - main
        tracks-release-branches: false
        is-release-branch: false
        is-main-branch: false
    ignore:
      sha: []
    commit-date-format: dd-MM-yyyy
    merge-message-formats: {}
    update-build-number: true
    "@
        # Write the content to the file
        $content | Out-File -FilePath $filePath -Encoding utf8
    }

and now it works.

but the version is 0.0.0:

Executing GenerateBuildLogOutput for 'AzurePipelines'.
{
"AssemblySemFileVer": "0.1.0.0",
"AssemblySemVer": "0.1.0.0",
"BranchName": "feature/c",
"BuildMetaData": 723,
"CommitDate": "17-07-2024",
"CommitsSinceVersionSource": 723,
"EscapedBranchName": "feature-c",
"FullBuildMetaData": "723.Branch.feature-c.Sha.d623e273f2b2cfc8f5ed0e32f9b76f42131aed8e",
"FullSemVer": "0.1.0-f-c.1+723",
"InformationalVersion": "0.1.0-f-c.1+723.Branch.feature-c.Sha.d623e273f2b2cfc8f5ed0e32f9b76f42131aed8e",
"Major": 0,
"MajorMinorPatch": "0.1.0",
"Minor": 1,
"Patch": 0,
"PreReleaseLabel": "f-c",
"PreReleaseLabelWithDash": "-f-c",
"PreReleaseNumber": 1,
"PreReleaseTag": "f-c.1",
"PreReleaseTagWithDash": "-f-c.1",
"SemVer": "0.1.0-f-c.1",
"Sha": "d623e273f2b2cfc8f5ed0e32f9b76f42131aed8e",
"ShortSha": "d623e27",
"UncommittedChanges": 1,
"VersionSourceSha": "",
"WeightedPreReleaseNumber": 30001
}

[HHobeck]

I'm going to close this discussion because gitversion version 5.x is not supported anymore. Please try the latest version.

Happy Branching!