SimplestGitSourceGenerator 1.0.1

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dotnet add package SimplestGitSourceGenerator --version 1.0.1
                    
NuGet\Install-Package SimplestGitSourceGenerator -Version 1.0.1
                    
This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package.
<PackageReference Include="SimplestGitSourceGenerator" Version="1.0.1">
  <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
  <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers</IncludeAssets>
</PackageReference>
                    
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package.
<PackageVersion Include="SimplestGitSourceGenerator" Version="1.0.1" />
                    
Directory.Packages.props
<PackageReference Include="SimplestGitSourceGenerator">
  <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
  <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers</IncludeAssets>
</PackageReference>
                    
Project file
For projects that support Central Package Management (CPM), copy this XML node into the solution Directory.Packages.props file to version the package.
paket add SimplestGitSourceGenerator --version 1.0.1
                    
#r "nuget: SimplestGitSourceGenerator, 1.0.1"
                    
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package.
#:package SimplestGitSourceGenerator@1.0.1
                    
#:package directive can be used in C# file-based apps starting in .NET 10 preview 4. Copy this into a .cs file before any lines of code to reference the package.
#addin nuget:?package=SimplestGitSourceGenerator&version=1.0.1
                    
Install as a Cake Addin
#tool nuget:?package=SimplestGitSourceGenerator&version=1.0.1
                    
Install as a Cake Tool

SimplestGitSourceGenerator

Happy to showcase the simplest solution for retrieving Git information in your .NET apps.

Requirements

  • Project must be a Git repository
  • Git must be installed

If these requirements are not fulfilled, the build will not pass!

Usage

Install the NuGet package:

dotnet add package SimplestGitSourceGenerator

Code:

using SimplestGitSourceGenerator;

Console.WriteLine(SimplestGit.CommitHash);
Console.WriteLine(SimplestGit.CommitDate);
Console.WriteLine(SimplestGit.Branch);
Console.WriteLine(SimplestGit.Tag);

Docker build

Ensure that you remove .git folders from your .dockerignore file and that you multi-stage your build so that the .git folder is not included in the final image.

Make sure to install git before building your project (Alpine example):

RUN apk add --no-cache git

How does it work?

Before the source generator kicks in, several Git commands are called and stored as compiler properties before they are baked into the code.

  • SimplestGitCommitHash - git rev-parse HEAD
  • SimplestGitBranch - git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD
  • SimplestGitCommitDate - git log -1 --format=%cI
  • SimplestGitTag - git describe --tags --always

These commands must complete with the exit code 0, otherwise, the build will not pass. All of that is done thanks to the build/SimplestGit.targets file.

There are no supported framework assets in this package.

Learn more about Target Frameworks and .NET Standard.

  • .NETStandard 2.0

    • No dependencies.

NuGet packages

This package is not used by any NuGet packages.

GitHub repositories

This package is not used by any popular GitHub repositories.

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1.0.4 103 5/24/2026
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1.0.1 118 1/13/2026