Why is the binary output not equal when compiling again?

Question

I\'m using a build script to compile several C# projects. The binary output is copied to a result folder, overwriting the previous version of the files, and then added/commi

Answer 1

Yes, the compiler includes a timestamp. Additionally, in some cases the compiler will auto-increment the assembly version number. I haven't seen any guarantee anywhere that the binary result is meant to be identical.

(Note that if the source is already in Subversion, I'd generally steer clear of also adding the binary files in there. I'd usually only include releases of third-party libraries. It depends on exactly what you're doing though.)