dotnet-publish --no-build produces assembly with versions different than build output

During migration from netcoreapp2.0 to netcoreapp2.1 I found that the behavior of dotnet publish --no-build behaves differently.

Steps to reproduce

Create ASP.NET core web app.

Website.csproj

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">

  <PropertyGroup>
    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.1</TargetFramework>
    <Version>0.0.0</Version>
    <FileVersion>0.0.0.0</FileVersion>
    <InformationalVersion>0000000000000000000000000000000000000000</InformationalVersion>
  </PropertyGroup>

   ...

Run build from command line and override the versions

dotnet build -c Release /property:Version=1.2.3 /property:FileVersion=1.2.3.4 /property:InformationalVersion=abcdef12

This produces an assembly with the correct overridden version values.

Next run publish

dotnet publish -c Release --no-build

Expected behavior

The assembly that is output from running dotnet publish --no-build has the same version numbers as the output from dotnet build.

Actual behavior

A different assembly is produced, that contains the versions as specified in the csproj file. This is different than what occurred when targeting netcoreapp2.0, even when .NET Core SDK 2.1.300 is installed.

Environment data

dotnet --info output:

.NET Core SDK (reflecting any global.json): Version: 2.1.300 Commit: adab45bf0c

Runtime Environment: OS Name: Windows OS Version: 10.0.14393 OS Platform: Windows RID: win10-x64 Base Path: C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk\2.1.300\

Host (useful for support): Version: 2.1.0 Commit: caa7b7e2ba

.NET Core SDKs installed: 1.0.4 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk] 2.1.4 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk] 2.1.104 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk] 2.1.201 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk] 2.1.300 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk]

.NET Core runtimes installed: Microsoft.AspNetCore.All 2.1.0 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.All] Microsoft.AspNetCore.App 2.1.0 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.AspNetCore.App] Microsoft.NETCore.App 1.0.5 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App] Microsoft.NETCore.App 1.1.2 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App] Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.0.5 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App] Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.0.6 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App] Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.0.7 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App] Microsoft.NETCore.App 2.1.0 [C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App]

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[peterhuene]

I’ll take a look at your repro shortly. Also, no need for apologies as we’re very grateful for your time to help improve .NET! 😄

[nguerrera]

I realise now that we’ve had this conversation before but I only remembered half of it

https://github.com/dotnet/cli/issues/9656 for future cross-reference