AssemblyInfo.cs template with automatic version number calculation

Dynamic-AssemblyInfo-Part.csproj

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">

	<!-- add this to the end of the Project -->
	<Target Name="TransformOnBuild" BeforeTargets="BeforeBuild">
		<PropertyGroup>
			<!-- CHANGE TO YOUR CORRECT PATH, THIS IS FOR VISUAL STUDIO 2017 COMMUNITY EDITION -->
			<_TransformExe>$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\..\Common7\IDE\TextTransform.exe</_TransformExe>
			<_TextTransform>$(ProjectDir)Properties\AssemblyInfo.tt</_TextTransform>
			<_TextTransformResult>$(ProjectDir)Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs</_TextTransformResult>
		</PropertyGroup>
		<Exec Command="del &quot;$(_TextTransformResult)&quot;" />
		<Exec Command="&quot;$(_TransformExe)&quot; &quot;$(_TextTransform)&quot; -out &quot;$(_TextTransformResult)&quot;" />
	</Target>

	<!-- also include this AssemblyInfo.tt in the Properties folder
		<#@ template language="C#" #>
		using System.Reflection;
		using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
		
		[assembly: AssemblyTitle("TITLE")]
		[assembly: AssemblyDescription("")]
		[assembly: AssemblyConfiguration("")]
		[assembly: AssemblyCompany("Andreas Pardeike")]
		[assembly: AssemblyProduct("PRODUCTNAME")]
		[assembly: AssemblyCopyright("Copyright © xxxx")]
		[assembly: AssemblyTrademark("")]
		[assembly: AssemblyCulture("")]
		
		[assembly: ComVisible(false)]
		
		[assembly: Guid("00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000")]
		
		[assembly: AssemblyVersion("<#= this.BaseVersion #>.<#= this.RevisionNumber #>")]
		[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("<#= this.BaseVersion #>.<#= this.RevisionNumber #>")]
		<#+
			// you can go all in here, but we just change the 1.0.0.xxxx part as an example
			string BaseVersion = "1.0.0";
			int RevisionNumber = (int)(DateTime.UtcNow - new DateTime(2017,7,19)).TotalSeconds % 10000;
		#>
	-->
	
</Project>