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commit f76d8b8
Merge: f6d86dc 8c6175c
Author: Artur <[email protected]>
Date:   Wed Oct 26 09:05:35 2022 +0200

    Merge pull request #3246 from arturcic/feature/markdown-lint

    Fix docs markdown lint errors

commit 8c6175c
Author: Artur <[email protected]>
Date:   Wed Oct 26 08:40:13 2022 +0200

    #2964 - disable tests for .net48

commit 21c34fb
Author: Artur <[email protected]>
Date:   Wed Oct 26 02:07:16 2022 +0200

    #2964 - use bash for reporter

commit 93f4637
Author: Artur <[email protected]>
Date:   Tue Oct 25 23:50:45 2022 +0200

    #2964 fix markdown linting errors

commit 18586fe
Author: Artur <[email protected]>
Date:   Tue Oct 25 19:21:56 2022 +0200

    #2964 fix html-proofer errors

commit f6d86dc
Author: Artur <[email protected]>
Date:   Tue Oct 25 16:15:45 2022 +0200

    (build) fix set-output syntax

    https://github.blog/changelog/2022-10-11-github-actions-deprecating-save-state-and-set-output-commands/

commit 2cc427c
Author: Artur <[email protected]>
Date:   Tue Oct 25 15:25:27 2022 +0200

    Revert "(build) fix set-output syntax"

    This reverts commit b906175.

commit b812802
Author: Artur <[email protected]>
Date:   Tue Oct 25 15:49:10 2022 +0200

    Revert "(build) fix set-output syntax"

    This reverts commit b07a8b9.

commit b07a8b9
Author: Artur <[email protected]>
Date:   Tue Oct 25 15:49:10 2022 +0200

    (build) fix set-output syntax

    https://github.blog/changelog/2022-10-11-github-actions-deprecating-save-state-and-set-output-commands/

commit b906175
Author: Artur <[email protected]>
Date:   Tue Oct 25 15:25:27 2022 +0200

    (build) fix set-output syntax

    https://github.blog/changelog/2022-10-11-github-actions-deprecating-save-state-and-set-output-commands/

commit 34f9de7
Author: Artur <[email protected]>
Date:   Tue Oct 25 14:08:54 2022 +0200

    (build) update the actions/[email protected]

commit f954025
Author: Artur <[email protected]>
Date:   Tue Oct 25 14:01:52 2022 +0200

    (build) update the actions/[email protected]

commit 819f116
Merge: 8cd3a1b cac4eb1
Author: Artur <[email protected]>
Date:   Tue Oct 25 13:26:41 2022 +0200

    Merge pull request #3179 from chhh/feature/report-project-file-location

    Add local project file location to exception when parsing fails

commit cac4eb1
Author: Dmitry Avtonomov <[email protected]>
Date:   Fri Aug 26 13:38:47 2022 -0700

    Add local project file location to exception when parsing fails

    Helps in solutions with multiple projects, when one of csproj files
    becomes corrupt. User knows where to apply fixes.

commit 8cd3a1b
Merge: 3e5d1e7 1071e1c
Author: Asbjørn Ulsberg <[email protected]>
Date:   Tue Oct 25 11:26:26 2022 +0200

    Merge pull request #3208 from AlexPykavy/main

    Don't consider "tag-prefix" as optional if it's explicitly specified

commit 1071e1c
Author: Alexander Pykavy <[email protected]>
Date:   Mon Sep 26 21:12:26 2022 +0200

    Don't consider "tag-prefix" as optional if it's explicitly specified

    To correctly calculate the next version with the prefix.

    For example, we develop the main product and some its plugin
    in the same repository and have the following git tags list:
    - 0.1.0
    - 0.1.1
    - 0.2.0
    - 0.2.1
    - plugin_0.1.0
    - plugin_0.1.1

    The expected next plugin version is `0.1.2` not `0.2.2` (`plugin_` prefix
    will be prepended before setting the tag).

Author: RatserX

docs/input/docs/reference/configuration.md

@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ 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)'
+legacy-semver-padding: 4
+build-metadata-padding: 4
+commits-since-version-source-padding: 4
 tag-pre-release-weight: 60000
 commit-message-incrementing: Enabled
 ignore:
@@ -191,8 +194,23 @@ Used to tell GitVersion not to increment when in Mainline development mode.
 Default `\+semver:\s?(none|skip)`, which will match occurrences of `+semver:
 none` and `+semver: skip`
 
-When a commit matches **both** the `no-bump-message` **and** any combination of
-the `version-bump-message`, `no-bump-message` takes precedence and no increment is applied.
+### legacy-semver-padding
+
+The number of characters to pad `LegacySemVer` to in the `LegacySemVerPadded`
+[variable][variables]. Default is `4`, which will pad the `LegacySemVer` value
+ of `3.0.0-beta1` to `3.0.0-beta0001`.
+
+### build-metadata-padding
+
+The number of characters to pad `BuildMetaData` to in the `BuildMetaDataPadded`
+[variable][variables]. Default is `4`, which will pad the `BuildMetaData` value
+of `1` to `0001`.
+
+### commits-since-version-source-padding
+
+The number of characters to pad `CommitsSinceVersionSource` to in the
+`CommitsSinceVersionSourcePadded` [variable][variables]. Default is `4`, which
+will pad the `CommitsSinceVersionSource` value of `1` to `0001`.
 
 ### tag-pre-release-weight
 
@@ -329,24 +347,39 @@ branches:
   feature:
     regex: ^features?[/-]
     mode: ContinuousDelivery
-    tag: '{BranchName}'
+    tag: useBranchName
     increment: Inherit
+    prevent-increment-of-merged-branch-version: false
+    track-merge-target: false
     source-branches: [ 'develop', 'main', 'release', 'feature', 'support', 'hotfix' ]
-    pre-release-weight: 30000	
+    tracks-release-branches: false
+    is-release-branch: false
+    is-mainline: false
+    pre-release-weight: 30000
   pull-request:
     regex: ^(pull|pull\-requests|pr)[/-]
     mode: ContinuousDelivery
     tag: PullRequest
     increment: Inherit
+    prevent-increment-of-merged-branch-version: false
     tag-number-pattern: '[/-](?<number>\d+)[-/]'
+    track-merge-target: false
     source-branches: [ 'develop', 'main', 'release', 'feature', 'support', 'hotfix' ]
+    tracks-release-branches: false
+    is-release-branch: false
+    is-mainline: false
     pre-release-weight: 30000
   hotfix:
     regex: ^hotfix(es)?[/-]
     mode: ContinuousDelivery
     tag: beta
-    increment: Inherit
-    source-branches: [ 'release', 'main', 'support', 'hotfix' ]
+    increment: Patch
+    prevent-increment-of-merged-branch-version: false
+    track-merge-target: false
+    source-branches: [ 'develop', 'main', 'support' ]
+    tracks-release-branches: false
+    is-release-branch: false
+    is-mainline: false
     pre-release-weight: 30000
   support:
     regex: ^support[/-]
@@ -510,7 +543,7 @@ branches:
 
 Strategy which will look for tagged merge commits directly off the current
 branch. For example `develop` → `release/1.0.0` → merge into `main` and tag
-`1.0.0`. The tag is _not_ on develop, but develop should be version `1.0.0` now.
+`1.0.0`. The tag is *not* on develop, but develop should be version `1.0.0` now.
 
 ### tracks-release-branches
 
@@ -539,19 +572,6 @@ is set, it would be added to the `PreReleaseNumber` to get a final
 `pre-release-weight` will be used in the calculation. Related Issues [1145][1145]
 and [1366][1366].
 
-### semver-format
-
-Specifies the semver format that is used when parsing the string.
-Can be `Strict` - using the [regex](https://regex101.com/r/Ly7O1x/3/)
-or `Loose` the old way of parsing. The default if not specified is `Strict`
-Example of invalid `Strict`, but valid `Loose`
-
-```
-1.2-alpha4
-01.02.03-rc03
-1.2.3.4
-```
-
 [1145]: https://github.com/GitTools/GitVersion/issues/1145
 [1366]: https://github.com/GitTools/GitVersion/issues/1366
 [2506]: https://github.com/GitTools/GitVersion/pull/2506#issuecomment-754754037