ThisAssembly constants works, but MSBuild properties are empty

[CCRcmcpe]

Environment: .NET SDK 5.0.103, GitInfo 2.1.2
I'm working on a library, I installed the package, ThisAssembly.Git.BaseVersion showed the correct version, but strangely, with no warnings, $(GitBaseVersion) is an empty string in MSBuild, other things like $(GitTag), $(GitSemVerLabel), $(GitCommit) does the same.

Have I did something wrong?

Here is the csproj:

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">

  <PropertyGroup>
    <TargetFrameworks>net5.0;net5.0-windows</TargetFrameworks>
    <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
    <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
  </PropertyGroup>

  <PropertyGroup>
    <PackageId>Crlib</PackageId>
    <Version>$(GitBaseVersion)</Version>
    <Authors>Rcmcpe</Authors>
    <PackageLicenseExpression>MIT</PackageLicenseExpression>
    <RepositoryUrl>$(GitRepositoryUrl)</RepositoryUrl>
    <RepositoryType>git</RepositoryType>
    <RepositoryBranch>$(GitBranch)</RepositoryBranch>
    <RepositoryCommit>$(GitCommit)</RepositoryCommit>
  </PropertyGroup>

  <ItemGroup>
    <PackageReference Include="GitInfo" Version="2.1.2">
      <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
      <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
    </PackageReference>
  </ItemGroup>

</Project>

[CCRcmcpe]

The repository remote name is origin, same as the default GitRemote.

[kzu]

You cannot get the values of properties before they are initialized. GitInfo initializes those properties in targets.

You can retrieve them after GitInfo runs, like so:

<Target Name="PopulateInfo" DependsOnTargets="GitInfo" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild">
  <PropertyGroup>
    <PackageId>Crlib</PackageId>
    <Version>$(GitBaseVersion)</Version>
    <Authors>Rcmcpe</Authors>
    <PackageLicenseExpression>MIT</PackageLicenseExpression>
    <RepositoryUrl>$(GitRepositoryUrl)</RepositoryUrl>
    <RepositoryType>git</RepositoryType>
    <RepositoryBranch>$(GitBranch)</RepositoryBranch>
    <RepositoryCommit>$(GitCommit)</RepositoryCommit>
  </PropertyGroup>
</Target>

[CCRcmcpe]

Appreciated, I'm actually a MSBuild noob :)

[burkenyo]

I had the same problem. Thanks for this info!

[sanjaykulkarni04]

Hello,

I am facing the same issue. I have the latest 2.2.0 version. Can someone please help me with this?
In VS .csproj file I can see warning message - Target GitInfo is not defined.

I wanted to control the NuGet package reference based on $(GitBranch) prop value. If the value is master then refer RC pkg otherwise PRE releases pkg.

Here is the .csproj file.

<Target Name="PopulateInfo" DependsOnTargets="GitInfo" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild">
		<PropertyGroup>
			<PackageId>Crlib</PackageId>
			<Version>$(GitBaseVersion)</Version>
			<Authors>Rcmcpe</Authors>
			<PackageLicenseExpression>MIT</PackageLicenseExpression>
			<RepositoryUrl>$(GitRepositoryUrl)</RepositoryUrl>
			<RepositoryType>git</RepositoryType>
			<RepositoryBranch>$(GitBranch)</RepositoryBranch>
			<RepositoryCommit>$(GitCommit)</RepositoryCommit>
		</PropertyGroup>
	</Target>
	<ItemGroup>
		<PackageReference Include="GitInfo" Version="2.2.0">
			<PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
			<IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
		</PackageReference>    
       </ItemGroup>
       <Choose>
		<When Condition="$(RepositoryBranch) == 'master'">
			<ItemGroup>
				<PackageReference Include="Linedata.Account.Domain.Messaging" Version="1.0.0-rc*" IncludePrerelease="true" />
			</ItemGroup>
		</When>
		<Otherwise>
			<ItemGroup>
				<PackageReference Include="Linedata.Account.Domain.Messaging" Version="1.0.0-pre*" IncludePrerelease="true" />
			</ItemGroup>
		</Otherwise>
	</Choose>