Specify assembly version number as a command line argument in MSBuild

Question

I would like to be able to specify the version number for all assemblies to be generated during a build as a MSBuild command argument like this:

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Answer 1

I know this is an old question but Google leads me to here as top result.

I followed a simple solution in this. No need for extension pack.

Basically what you need to do is add a "BuildCommon.targets" files and modify your csproj file accordingly to have the version number specified in msbuild like:

msbuild.exe abc.sln /p:Configuration=Release;VersionAssembly=1.2.3.4

Hope this helps.