VSTS Custom Build Number

Question

Is it possible to set the build number of a VSTS build based off of the result of a PowerShell/Shell script?

I am trying to set it like so currently:

Write-Host "##vso[task.setvariable variable=build.buildnumber;]$VersionNumber"

However this does not set the build number unfortunately. Having to do this as VSTS doesn't have a way to natively retrieve the latest (or any) git tags from GH!!!

Answer 1

Using ##vso[build.updatebuildnumber]build number logging command :

1. Add PowerShell task

Script:

 Write-Host "##vso[build.updatebuildnumber]new build number"