From 6febd0b356d9d403923c198e45460f2504aaf80b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alessandro Giorgetti <alessandro.giorgetti@live.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2026 15:03:24 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Refs: #3 Update GitVersion configuration for improved
 branch management and versioning

---
 .config/dotnet-tools.json |  5 ++--
 GitVersion.yml            | 56 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 58 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.config/dotnet-tools.json b/.config/dotnet-tools.json
index 32dd9fd..ec5f748 100644
--- a/.config/dotnet-tools.json
+++ b/.config/dotnet-tools.json
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@
   "isRoot": true,
   "tools": {
     "gitversion.tool": {
-      "version": "5.12.0",
+      "version": "6.6.0",
       "commands": [
         "dotnet-gitversion"
-      ]
+      ],
+      "rollForward": false
     }
   }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/GitVersion.yml b/GitVersion.yml
index 27f681d..9c2afcc 100644
--- a/GitVersion.yml
+++ b/GitVersion.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,59 @@
+# GitVersion configuration for GitFlow workflow
+# Uses semantic versioning with GitFlow branch conventions
+
 mode: ContinuousDeployment
-branches: {}
+
+# Branch-specific configuration
+branches:
+  main:
+    # Main branch produces stable releases without pre-release labels
+    label: ''
+    increment: Patch
+    prevent-increment:
+      of-merged-branch: true
+
+  develop:
+    # Develop branch produces alpha pre-releases
+    mode: ContinuousDelivery
+    label: alpha
+    increment: Minor
+    tracks-release-branches: true
+
+  release:
+    # Release branches produce beta pre-releases
+    mode: ContinuousDelivery
+    label: beta
+    increment: None
+    prevent-increment:
+      of-merged-branch: true
+
+  feature:
+    # Feature branches use the branch name as label
+    mode: ContinuousDelivery
+    label: '{BranchName}'
+    increment: Inherit
+
+  hotfix:
+    # Hotfix branches produce beta pre-releases
+    mode: ContinuousDelivery
+    label: beta
+    increment: Patch
+
+  support:
+    # Support branches behave like main branches
+    label: ''
+    increment: Patch
+    prevent-increment:
+      of-merged-branch: true
+
+# Commit message patterns for version bumping
+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)'
+
+# Ignore configuration
 ignore:
   sha: []
+
 merge-message-formats: {}

From 331e881111a8f29c0f6af8decdbe9ce9063e4a53 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alessandro Giorgetti <alessandro.giorgetti@live.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2026 15:13:52 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Update GitHub Actions to use latest action versions for
 checkout and setup-dotnet

---
 .github/workflows/dotnet.yml | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/dotnet.yml b/.github/workflows/dotnet.yml
index 6c78c77..4cc3af0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dotnet.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dotnet.yml
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: windows-latest
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v6.0.0
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       with:
         fetch-depth: 0
     - name: Setup .NET
-      uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v5.0.0
+      uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v5
       with:
         dotnet-version: 10.0.x
     - name: Install GitVersion

From 734b7df1a39a04cf14608c1eab8c547161aefaa3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alessandro Giorgetti <alessandro.giorgetti@live.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2026 15:34:47 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Apply suggestions from code review

Co-authored-by: Copilot <175728472+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 .config/dotnet-tools.json | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.config/dotnet-tools.json b/.config/dotnet-tools.json
index ec5f748..7110687 100644
--- a/.config/dotnet-tools.json
+++ b/.config/dotnet-tools.json
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@
       "version": "6.6.0",
       "commands": [
         "dotnet-gitversion"
-      ],
-      "rollForward": false
+      ]
     }
   }
 }
\ No newline at end of file