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Asked: 2026-06-18T02:31:12+00:00

I am using Git + MSBuild . I need to get the Git Long

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I am using Git + MSBuild. I need to get the Git Long Hash number from MSBuild so that I can tie a build to the hash number (and find out what files made up that “revision”)

Is there a built in task in MSBuild I can use to get the hash number?

Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

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  1. Editorial Team

    I’d recommend passing it as property from CI sever itself whose job it is to deal with VCS, that way devs can use the same script against ordinary folder that isn’t a git repo, e.g. a dumb copy/paste for hacking around by providing it from CLI. That said, there might be proper api-based community task but I did it with:

    <Target Name="Foo">
    <Exec Command="git rev-parse HEAD > head" />
    <ReadLinesFromFile File="head">
        <Output TaskParameter="Lines" PropertyName="Head" /> 
    </ReadLinesFromFile>
    <Delete Files="head" />
    <Message Text="Head: $(Head)" />
</Target>

<Target Name="Bar">
    <PropertyGroup>
        <Head>$([System.IO.File]::ReadAllText(".git\refs\heads\master").Trim())</Head>
    </PropertyGroup>
    <Message Text="Head: $(Head)" />
</Target>
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