Project Version Tool
This is a simple dotnet tool to retrieve the project version for a specified project. It supports reading the version from the .csproj file or props file, such as Directory.Build.props.
It is primarily intended to be used for CI environments where you want to create artifacts that include the project version in their identifiers (e.g. Docker image versions).
Special thanks to @DamianEdwards for his help figuring this out.
Installing
The tool can be installed from Nuget, by executing:
NOTE: Coming soon! Not yet published on NuGet.
dotnet tool install --global m2dev.projecttools
Running
To use the tool, run:
dotnet project version [path_to_csproj]
If path_to_csproj is not provided, the tool will search the current directory for a valid .csproj file.