appveyor: derive the build version from the repo#819
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The "Build version format" was hard-coded in the AppVeyor project settings. Move it into the repo: set a placeholder version in .appveyor.yml (which overrides the UI setting) and, in before_build, replace it with the version from the VERSION file, the short commit hash and the build number, e.g. 0.16.0-1a2b3c4.42. The build number keeps each build's version unique even if the same commit is built more than once. Assisted-by: claude-code:claude-opus-4-8
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The AppVeyor "Build version format" is currently hard-coded in the project's web settings. This moves version control into the repo:
version: '{build}'to.appveyor.yml(aversion:in the file overrides the UI setting), andbefore_buildstep, replaces it with a version derived from the repo — theVERSIONfile + the short commit hash + the build number:Update-AppveyorBuildruns after checkout (so theVERSIONfile is available);APPVEYOR_REPO_COMMITprovides the commit andAPPVEYOR_BUILD_NUMBERkeeps each build's version unique even if the same commit is built more than once.Assisted-by: claude-code:claude-opus-4-8