Versioning With git-describe

This is a small demonstration of how git-describe tool can be used to derive artifact (assembly) version directly from Git. How to test it:

Regular Debug build of the project produces a console application that prints out its own assembly, file and informational version:

> TellYourVersion.exe
Hello, World from version:
 assembly      : 1.0.0.0
 file          : 1.0.0.0
 informational : 1.0.0

build.ps1 simulates an automated CI build. It produces a Release assembly and a NuGet package whose version is determined by the output from git-describe and indirectly by the current commit (here for v2.0.0):

> TellYourVersion.exe
Hello, World from version:
  assembly      : 2.0.0.0
  file          : 2.0.0.0
  informational : v2.0.0

Note: check out commits starting at v1.0.0 and later - these are "dummy" commit used to simulate source code development.

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