Updated to include new dir, inclusion of tags. Version appears in Control Panel now. Also appears in TItlebar of AppWindow.

Directory.Build.props

@@ -1,32 +1,46 @@
 <!-- 
-This file allow for customizing your build process.
+This file allows for customizing your build process.
 See: https://learn.microsoft.com/visualstudio/msbuild/customize-your-build
 -->
 <Project>
-  <!--
-  Uncomment if you need to enable inclusion of another Directory.Build.props file from a parent directory
-  <Import Project="$([MSBuild]::GetPathOfFileAbove('Directory.Build.props', '$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)../'))" />
-  -->
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
     <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
     <LangVersion>12</LangVersion>
     <AccelerateBuildsInVisualStudio>true</AccelerateBuildsInVisualStudio>
-    <!-- 
-    If you you like to see source generated files saved to disk you can enable the following:
-    https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/csharp/roslyn-sdk/source-generators-overview?WT.mc_id=DT-MVP-5003472
-    -->
     <!--<EmitCompilerGeneratedFiles>true</EmitCompilerGeneratedFiles>-->
   </PropertyGroup>
 
-  <!--
-  This allows all projects to share the same user secrets file. 
-  If you want project to have their own, set it to a different GUID on each project.
-  See: https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/architecture/microservices/secure-net-microservices-web-applications/developer-app-secrets-storage
-  -->
   <PropertyGroup Label="User Secrets">
     <UserSecretsId>1ef91ee6-7b55-474e-ab2b-2d164b723a56</UserSecretsId>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
-</Project>
+
+  <!-- 🔹 Automatically derive version from latest Git tag -->
+  <Target Name="GetVersionFromGit" BeforeTargets="GetAssemblyVersion">
+    <!-- Get the most recent tag (like v1.1.1) -->
+    <Exec Command="git describe --tags --abbrev=0" ConsoleToMSBuild="true" IgnoreExitCode="true">
+      <Output TaskParameter="ConsoleOutput" PropertyName="GitTag" />
+    </Exec>
+
+    <!-- Strip leading 'v' if present -->
+    <PropertyGroup>
+      <GitVersion>$([System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex]::Replace('$(GitTag)', '^v', ''))</GitVersion>
+    </PropertyGroup>
+
+    <!-- Fallback if no tags exist yet -->
+    <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(GitVersion)' == ''">
+      <GitVersion>0.0.0</GitVersion>
+    </PropertyGroup>
+
+    <!-- Apply to assembly and file versions -->
+    <Message Text="🔖 Using version: $(GitVersion)" Importance="High" />
+    <PropertyGroup>
+      <Version>$(GitVersion)</Version>
+      <FileVersion>$(GitVersion)</FileVersion>
+      <AssemblyVersion>$(GitVersion)</AssemblyVersion>
+    </PropertyGroup>
+  </Target>
+
+</Project>