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opened on Jul 29, 2025

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GitVersion package

GitVersion.Tool

GitVersion version

bb071c0

Operating system

Windows

What are you seeing?

Hi. I ran into a problem when updating gitversion from 5.8.2 to 6.0.4 on our build server. The problem is that version for "old" branches (v-10, v-11, v-12) suddenly become to evaluate from tag inside default (master) branch. For example, master has the latest tag 20.1.5 and branch v-11 has its latest tag 11.7.0 so making a new commit into v-11 I expect to get version 11.7.1. So it was before upgrading to gitversion 6.0.4. After upgrade I have version 20.1.6.

I spent some time on reading release notes/breaking changes with no luck. Then I started to check commit by commit in version history to localize the problem and have come to #3441.

Consider taking https://github.com/destructurama/attributed repo as an example:

  1. Clone it
  2. Make branch test from tag 4.1.0
  3. Type 1 symbol in readme to just make some commit.
  4. Commit.

Now I expect 4.1.1 output from gitversion.

My results (with stripped out time marks and execution time to make diff cleaner):

  1. b0f6c77 commit before Consider pre-release tags only when they matching with the label name on branch #3441:
INFO [07/29/25] Dumping commit graph:
INFO [07/29/25] * 24332eb 19 hours ago  (HEAD -> test)
| * 1c41b74 3 weeks ago  (origin/dependabot/nuget/src/Benchmarks/multi-da0ccf5965)
| * 987ee31 9 weeks ago  (origin/master, master)
| * 53a8fe0 9 weeks ago
| * 943c9e8 3 months ago
| * 7459b46 3 months ago
| * 6afbc60 5 months ago
| * c76d262 5 months ago
| | * 768ba37 9 weeks ago  (origin/gh-pages)
| | * 5c62d8a 9 weeks ago
| | * dbadca1 3 months ago
| | * 5720d6b 3 months ago
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| | * ee5d2ff 1 year, 6 months ago
| | * 492e6fc 1 year, 6 months ago
| | * ac8c222 1 year, 6 months ago
| | | *   0300085 5 months ago  (origin/proj)
| | | |\
| | |_|/
| |/| |
| * | | aea6988 5 months ago
| * | | 56dfb37 5 months ago
| * | | e7b250e 5 months ago
| * | | 8ad833e 5 months ago
| * | | bbef6fc 5 months ago
| | | *   1fb63db 7 months ago  (proj)
| | | |\
| | | | * da13b22 7 months ago
| | | * | 1bfd891 7 months ago
| | | |/
| | | * 43fe222 7 months ago
| | | | * f258114 5 months ago  (Corniel/corniel/dotnet-sdk)
| | | | * 1b89754 5 months ago
| | | | * 5ebbced 5 months ago
| | | | * 43d0ffa 5 months ago
| | | | * 31b0daf 5 months ago
| | |_|/
| |/| |
| * | | 7c10927 6 months ago
| * | | e6c62d7 6 months ago
| * | | 40a992e 6 months ago

INFO [07/29/25] Working directory: C:\_GITHUB_\attributed
INFO [07/29/25] Project root is: C:\_GITHUB_\attributed\
INFO [07/29/25] DotGit directory is: C:\_GITHUB_\attributed\.git
INFO [07/29/25] Branch from build environment:
INFO [07/29/25] Using latest commit on specified branch
INFO [07/29/25] Running against branch: test (24332eb aaa)
INFO [07/29/25] Begin: Calculating the base versions
  INFO [07/29/25] Begin: Finding branches source of 'test'
    INFO [07/29/25] Begin: Finding merge base between 'test' and 'master'.
      INFO [07/29/25] Found merge base of 0ada1b1 Support string enumerables in LogReplacedAttribute (#127)
      INFO [07/29/25] Merge base of test' and 'master is 0ada1b1 Support string enumerables in LogReplacedAttribute (#127)
    INFO [07/29/25] End: Finding merge base between 'test' and 'master'.
    INFO [07/29/25] Begin: Finding merge base between 'test' and 'origin/master'.
      INFO [07/29/25] Found merge base of 0ada1b1 Support string enumerables in LogReplacedAttribute (#127)
      INFO [07/29/25] Merge base of test' and 'origin/master is 0ada1b1 Support string enumerables in LogReplacedAttribute (#127)
    INFO [07/29/25] End: Finding merge base between 'test' and 'origin/master'.
  INFO [07/29/25] End: Finding branches source of 'test'
																								
																							  
  INFO [07/29/25] Git tag '4.1.0': 4.1.0 with commit count source 0ada1b11d105abeda3746b1a5eefba65a497de99
																	
  INFO [07/29/25] Git tag '4.1.0': 4.1.0 with commit count source 0ada1b11d105abeda3746b1a5eefba65a497de99
																	
  INFO [07/29/25] Found multiple base versions which will produce the same SemVer (4.1.1), taking oldest source for commit counting (Git tag '4.1.0')
  INFO [07/29/25] Base version used: Git tag '4.1.0': 4.1.0 with commit count source 0ada1b11d105abeda3746b1a5eefba65a497de99
  INFO [07/29/25] End: Calculating the base versions
  INFO [07/29/25] Using branch name to calculate version tag
  INFO [07/29/25] 1 commits found between 0ada1b1 Support string enumerables in LogReplacedAttribute (#127) and 24332eb aaa
  INFO [07/29/25] Begin: Getting version tags from branch 'refs/heads/test'.
  INFO [07/29/25] End: Getting version tags from branch 'refs/heads/test'.
Executing GenerateSetVersionMessage for 'LocalBuild'.

Executing GenerateBuildLogOutput for 'LocalBuild'.
{
  "Major": 4,
  "Minor": 1,
  "Patch": 1,
  "PreReleaseTag": "test.1",
  "PreReleaseTagWithDash": "-test.1",
  "PreReleaseLabel": "test",
  "PreReleaseLabelWithDash": "-test",
  "PreReleaseNumber": 1,
  "WeightedPreReleaseNumber": 55001,
  "BuildMetaData": 1,
  "FullBuildMetaData": "1.Branch.test.Sha.24332ebe4b77f82121d1f85b4f01da9026dfd44f",
  "MajorMinorPatch": "4.1.1",
  "SemVer": "4.1.1-test.1",
  "AssemblySemVer": "4.1.1.0",
  "AssemblySemFileVer": "4.1.1.0",
  "FullSemVer": "4.1.1-test.1+1",
  "InformationalVersion": "4.1.1-test.1+1.Branch.test.Sha.24332ebe4b77f82121d1f85b4f01da9026dfd44f",
  "BranchName": "test",
  "EscapedBranchName": "test",
  "Sha": "24332ebe4b77f82121d1f85b4f01da9026dfd44f",
  "ShortSha": "24332eb",
  "VersionSourceSha": "0ada1b11d105abeda3746b1a5eefba65a497de99",
  "CommitsSinceVersionSource": 1,
  "CommitDate": "2025-07-28",
  "UncommittedChanges": 0
}
  INFO [07/29/25] Done writing

OK, 4.1.1

  1. bb071c0 commit after merging Consider pre-release tags only when they matching with the label name on branch #3441:
INFO [07/29/25] Dumping commit graph:
INFO [07/29/25] * 24332eb 19 hours ago  (HEAD -> test)
| * 1c41b74 3 weeks ago  (origin/dependabot/nuget/src/Benchmarks/multi-da0ccf5965)
| * 987ee31 9 weeks ago  (origin/master, master)
| * 53a8fe0 9 weeks ago
| * 943c9e8 3 months ago
| * 7459b46 3 months ago
| * 6afbc60 5 months ago
| * c76d262 5 months ago
| | * 768ba37 9 weeks ago  (origin/gh-pages)
| | * 5c62d8a 9 weeks ago
| | * dbadca1 3 months ago
| | * 5720d6b 3 months ago
| | * e12a85b 5 months ago
| | * 08db8e9 5 months ago
| | * 05e3c6e 5 months ago
| | * b3772f9 5 months ago
| | * 151cf01 5 months ago
| | * aaf1ecd 5 months ago
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| | * a59379c 8 months ago
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| | * ee5d2ff 1 year, 6 months ago
| | * 492e6fc 1 year, 6 months ago
| | * ac8c222 1 year, 6 months ago
| | | *   0300085 5 months ago  (origin/proj)
| | | |\
| | |_|/
| |/| |
| * | | aea6988 5 months ago
| * | | 56dfb37 5 months ago
| * | | e7b250e 5 months ago
| * | | 8ad833e 5 months ago
| * | | bbef6fc 5 months ago
| | | *   1fb63db 7 months ago  (proj)
| | | |\
| | | | * da13b22 7 months ago
| | | * | 1bfd891 7 months ago
| | | |/
| | | * 43fe222 7 months ago
| | | | * f258114 5 months ago  (Corniel/corniel/dotnet-sdk)
| | | | * 1b89754 5 months ago
| | | | * 5ebbced 5 months ago
| | | | * 43d0ffa 5 months ago
| | | | * 31b0daf 5 months ago
| | |_|/
| |/| |
| * | | 7c10927 6 months ago
| * | | e6c62d7 6 months ago
| * | | 40a992e 6 months ago

INFO [07/29/25] Working directory: C:\_GITHUB_\attributed
INFO [07/29/25] Project root is: C:\_GITHUB_\attributed\
INFO [07/29/25] DotGit directory is: C:\_GITHUB_\attributed\.git
INFO [07/29/25] Branch from build environment:
INFO [07/29/25] Using latest commit on specified branch
INFO [07/29/25] Running against branch: test (24332eb aaa)
INFO [07/29/25] Begin: Calculating the base versions
  INFO [07/29/25] Begin: Finding branches source of 'test'
    INFO [07/29/25] Begin: Finding merge base between 'test' and 'master'.
      INFO [07/29/25] Found merge base of 0ada1b1 Support string enumerables in LogReplacedAttribute (#127)
      INFO [07/29/25] Merge base of test' and 'master is 0ada1b1 Support string enumerables in LogReplacedAttribute (#127)
    INFO [07/29/25] End: Finding merge base between 'test' and 'master'.
    INFO [07/29/25] Begin: Finding merge base between 'test' and 'origin/master'.
      INFO [07/29/25] Found merge base of 0ada1b1 Support string enumerables in LogReplacedAttribute (#127)
      INFO [07/29/25] Merge base of test' and 'origin/master is 0ada1b1 Support string enumerables in LogReplacedAttribute (#127)
    INFO [07/29/25] End: Finding merge base between 'test' and 'origin/master'.
  INFO [07/29/25] End: Finding branches source of 'test'
  INFO [07/29/25] Begin: Getting tagged semantic versions. LabelPrefix: [vV]? and Format: Strict
  INFO [07/29/25] End: Getting tagged semantic versions. LabelPrefix: [vV]? and Format: Strict
  INFO [07/29/25] Git tag '4.1.0': 4.1.0 with commit count source 0ada1b11d105abeda3746b1a5eefba65a497de99
  INFO [07/29/25] Using current branch name to calculate version tag
  INFO [07/29/25] Git tag '4.1.0': 4.1.0 with commit count source 0ada1b11d105abeda3746b1a5eefba65a497de99
  INFO [07/29/25] Using current branch name to calculate version tag
  INFO [07/29/25] Found multiple base versions which will produce the same SemVer (4.1.1-test.1), taking oldest source for commit counting (Git tag '4.1.0')
  INFO [07/29/25] Base version used: Git tag '4.1.0': 4.1.0 with commit count source 0ada1b11d105abeda3746b1a5eefba65a497de99
  INFO [07/29/25] End: Calculating the base versions
															
  INFO [07/29/25] 1 commits found between 0ada1b1 Support string enumerables in LogReplacedAttribute (#127) and 24332eb aaa
  INFO [07/29/25] Begin: Getting tagged semantic versions from 'refs/remotes/origin/master'.  LabelPrefix: [vV]? and Format: Strict
  INFO [07/29/25] End: Getting tagged semantic versions from 'refs/remotes/origin/master'.  LabelPrefix: [vV]? and Format: Strict
Executing GenerateSetVersionMessage for 'LocalBuild'.

Executing GenerateBuildLogOutput for 'LocalBuild'.
{
  "Major": 5,
  "Minor": 1,
  "Patch": 0,
  "PreReleaseTag": "test.1",
  "PreReleaseTagWithDash": "-test.1",
  "PreReleaseLabel": "test",
  "PreReleaseLabelWithDash": "-test",
  "PreReleaseNumber": 1,
  "WeightedPreReleaseNumber": 55001,
  "BuildMetaData": 1,
  "FullBuildMetaData": "1.Branch.test.Sha.24332ebe4b77f82121d1f85b4f01da9026dfd44f",
  "MajorMinorPatch": "5.1.0",
  "SemVer": "5.1.0-test.1",
  "AssemblySemVer": "5.1.0.0",
  "AssemblySemFileVer": "5.1.0.0",
  "FullSemVer": "5.1.0-test.1+1",
  "InformationalVersion": "5.1.0-test.1+1.Branch.test.Sha.24332ebe4b77f82121d1f85b4f01da9026dfd44f",
  "BranchName": "test",
  "EscapedBranchName": "test",
  "Sha": "24332ebe4b77f82121d1f85b4f01da9026dfd44f",
  "ShortSha": "24332eb",
  "VersionSourceSha": "0ada1b11d105abeda3746b1a5eefba65a497de99",
  "CommitsSinceVersionSource": 1,
  "CommitDate": "2025-07-28",
  "UncommittedChanges": 0
}
  INFO [07/29/25] Done writing

Not OK, 5.1.0.

Since that commit I can observe such behaviour. I think that corresponding part of problem in logs can be seen here:

Image For some reason gitversion become to use default branch instead of working branch.

What is expected?

I expect gitversion to use tags from working branch when operating on that branch, not from default branch.

Steps to Reproduce

Consider taking https://github.com/destructurama/attributed repo as an example:

  1. Clone it
  2. Make branch test from tag 4.1.0
  3. Type 1 symbol in readme to just make some commit.
  4. Commit.
  5. Run gitversion PATH_TO_CLONED_REPO /diag on b0f6c77 (outputs 4.1.1)
  6. Run gitversion PATH_TO_CLONED_REPO /diag on bb071c0 (outputs 5.1.0)

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