I have spent the better part of a few hours trying to find a way to auto-increment versions in a .NETCoreApp 1.1 (Visual Studio 2017).
I know the the AssemblyInfo.cs
As an alternative, you can try fixed major number with a suffix based on current date:
1 $([System.DateTime]::UtcNow.ToString(yyMM)).$([System.DateTime]::UtcNow.ToString(ddHH)).$([System.DateTime]::UtcNow.ToString(mmss)) $(VersionPrefix).0.0.1 $(VersionPrefix).$(VersionSuffix)