Versions.props

<Project>

    <PropertyGroup Label="Version settings">
        <!-- these should be manually bumped as needed to
             indicate the current version being worked on -->
        <VersionMajor>0</VersionMajor>
        <VersionMinor>7</VersionMinor>
        <VersionPatch>1</VersionPatch>
        <!-- this should be overridden by CI automation -->
        <VersionBuild>0</VersionBuild>

        <!-- fully computed semver version -->
        <VersionPrefix Condition="'$(VersionSuffix)' == ''"
            >$(VersionMajor).$(VersionMinor).$(VersionPatch).$(VersionBuild)</VersionPrefix>
        <VersionPrefix Condition="'$(VersionSuffix)' != ''"
            >$(VersionMajor).$(VersionMinor).$(VersionPatch)</VersionPrefix>
        <VersionSuffix Condition="'$(VersionSuffix)' != ''"
            >$(VersionSuffix)-$(VersionBuild)</VersionSuffix>
    </PropertyGroup>

    <Target Name="DumpVersions">
        <Message Importance="High" Text='{' />
        <Message Importance="High" Text='  "Major": "$(VersionMajor)",' />
        <Message Importance="High" Text='  "Minor": "$(VersionMinor)",' />
        <Message Importance="High" Text='  "Patch": "$(VersionPatch)",' />
        <Message Importance="High" Text='  "Build": "$(VersionBuild)",' />
        <Message Importance="High" Text='  "Prefix": "$(VersionPrefix)",' />
        <Message Importance="High" Text='  "Suffix": "$(VersionSuffix)",' />
        <Message Importance="High" Text='  "Version": "$(Version)"' />
        <Message Importance="High" Text='}' />
    </Target>

</Project>