Use FileVersion as suggested version number?

[jedieaston]

Description of the new feature/enhancement

I just found something out and even if it can't make 2.0, I think it's worth noting for the future if anyone feels like implementing it (maybe I will)..

The FileVersion ProductVersion attribute is often the same as the ARP version number, and it's super easy to get in PowerShell.

S C:\Users\easton> iwr https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/download/v2.33.1.windows.1/Git-2.33.1-64-bit.exe -OutFile .\git.exe
PS C:\Users\easton> (Get-Item .\git.exe).VersionInfo

ProductVersion   FileVersion      FileName
--------------   -----------      --------
2.33.1       ... 2.33.1.1     ... C:\Users\easton\git.exe


PS C:\Users\easton>

YamlCreate should be able to do this for the user, so that they can hand it a URL (or URLs) for an update and it can handle the rest. wingetcreate already does something like this too.

Proposed technical implementation details (optional)

Just do Get-Item on the file, and look to see if ProductVersion is set. If it is, either suggest that they use that number, or if it's a quick update, then use that number by default.

[vedantmgoyal9]

Good idea...👍

[Trenly]

It would require a bit of rework to incorporate this, but I love the idea. I'll add it to the roadmap