Scenario: we have Subversion server to manage our source code and a build server (CruiseControl.NET) to manage our deployment. We have decided to automatically set the SVN revision number to our assembly version. [assembly: System.Reflection.AssemblyVersion("1.2.3.0")] [assembly: System.Reflection.AssemblyFileVersion("1.2.3.0")] So we will replace the last 0 with the current Subversion revision number. How to do this? One way to achieve this is to modify the AssemblyInfo.cs and read the modified number from that exists. The file modification is easy with MSBuild Community Task FileUpdate <FileUpdate Files="Cic.P001001PropertiesAssemblyInfo.cs" Regex="(d+).(d+).(d+).(d+)" ReplacementText="$1.$2.$3.$(RevisionNumber)" /> But how to read it back? Well there is no easy way. I have written a custom MSBuidl task to achieve this like…

I would like to invite all my polish speaking readers to online version of my article about continuous integration in .NET. It was published in July 2007 in Software Developers Journal. You can find it in the download section of SDJ web page. You can read there about: setting up CI server with CruiseControl.NET creating one click build script with MSBuild incorporating unit testing and code coverage into CI process using WebDashboard and CCTray to control the process introducing code analyze with FxCop creating install file and deploying the project.