TFS 2008: How do I sync build names with version numbers?

Question

Currently my TFS build agent using the current date as the build name. For example, "Intranet_20100707.1" would be today's first build. Currently I use "1.2.*" as my assembly version number where 1 and 2 are manually incremented.

How can I sync the build names with my application's version number?

Answer 1

You need to set the BuildNumber property. We do this in a custom task that implements the BuildNumberOverrideTarget override, but if you are already manually manipulating your assembly version number then you can just assign the updated number to BuildNumber.

If you still want text like the project name (Intranet) on the front then you can either prepend that to the start of BuildNumber, or do the copy yourself to the drop location.