[ISSUE]: The count of (GitVersion.PreReleaseNumber) is reset to 0 in the branch Develop without any reason.

[kornitdevops]

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GitVersion package

AzureDevops task

GitVersion version

5.x

Operating system

Windows

What are you seeing?

The count of (GitVersion.PreReleaseNumber) is reset to 0 in the branch Develop without any reason.

What is expected?

it will continue to count above 4.5.0.47, instead its downgraded to 4.5.0.2

Steps to Reproduce

just merge "personal/branch" to the Develop branch with 1 commit

RepositoryFixture Test

No response

Output log or link to your CI build (if appropriate).

gitvesion.yml:

        mode: ContinuousDeployment
        tag-prefix: '[vV]'
        legacy-semver-padding: 5
        continuous-delivery-fallback-tag: '' # ci
        major-version-bump-message: '\+semver:\s?(breaking|major)'
        minor-version-bump-message: '\+semver:\s?(feature|minor)'
        patch-version-bump-message: '\+semver:\s?(fix|patch)'
        no-bump-message: '\+semver:\s?(none|skip)'
        commit-message-incrementing: Enabled
        branches:
          main:
            regex: ^main$
            tag: ''
            increment: None
            prevent-increment-of-merged-branch-version: true
            source-branches:
            - develop
            - release
            tracks-release-branches: false
            is-release-branch: false
            is-mainline: true
          develop:
            regex: ^develop$
            tag: dev
            increment: Minor
            prevent-increment-of-merged-branch-version: true
            tracks-release-branches: true
            track-merge-target: true
          release:
            regex: ^release?[/-]\d.\d.\d$
            tag: release
            increment: Inherit
            prevent-increment-of-merged-branch-version: true
            source-branches:
            - develop
            is-release-branch: true
          feature:
            regex: ^feature[/-]
            tag: f-{BranchName}
            increment: Inherit
            prevent-increment-of-merged-branch-version: true
            source-branches:
            - develop
          pull-request:
            tag: '' # PullRequest
            increment: Inherit
            prevent-increment-of-merged-branch-version: true
            tag-number-pattern: '[/-](?<number>\d+)'
            regex: ^(pull|pull\-requests|pr)[/-]
            source-branches:
            - develop
            - main
            - release
            - feature
            - hotfix
            tracks-release-branches: false
            is-release-branch: false
            is-mainline: false
          hotfix:
            regex: ^hotfix[/-]
            tag: h-{BranchName}
            increment: Patch
            prevent-increment-of-merged-branch-version: true
            source-branches:
            - main
            tracks-release-branches: false
            is-release-branch: false
            is-mainline: false
        ignore:
          sha: []
        commit-date-format: dd-MM-yyyy
        merge-message-formats: {}
        update-build-number: true


pipeline 4.5.00.47:
 47 commits found between c3aeaad Increment Version ***NO_CI*** and f2d3294 Merged PR 23489: 
pipeline 4.5.0.2:

[arturcic]

Currently the 5.x versions is really old and we are not maintaining it. We're in the process of releasing a new v6.0.0 version so you better target the new version. Please check this example https://github.com/GitTools/actions/blob/main/docs/examples/azure/gitversion/setup/usage-examples.md#example-3