What are the best practices for using Assembly Attributes?

Question

I have a solution with multiple project. I am trying to optimize AssemblyInfo.cs files by linking one solution wide assembly info file. What are the best practices for doing

Answer 1

The solution presented by @JRoppert is almost the same as what I do. The only difference is that I put the following lines in the local AssemblyInfo.cs file as they can vary with each assembly:

#if DEBUG
[assembly: AssemblyConfiguration("Debug")]
#else
[assembly: AssemblyConfiguration("Release")]
#endif
[assembly: AssemblyVersion("This is set by build process")]
[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("This is set by build process")]
[assembly: CLSCompliant(true)]

I also (generally) use one common assembly info per solution, with the assumption that one solution is a single product line/releasable product. The common assembly info file also has:

[assembly: AssemblyInformationalVersion("0.9.2.0")]

Which will set the "ProductVersion" value displayed by Windows Explorer.