Cake.Sdk automatically generates several constants that are available throughout your build script. These constants provide information about the Cake.Generator version and when the aliases were generated.

Available Constants

The following constants are automatically generated and available in your Cake script:

Usage

These constants are useful for version tracking and debugging purposes in your Cake scripts. You can use them to display version information or include them in build artifacts.

Displaying Version Information

Here's an example of how to use these constants in your Cake script:

#:sdk Cake.Sdk

var target = Argument("target", "Default");

Task("Version-Info")
    .Does(() =>
    {
        Information("Generated with Cake.Generator.Core version: {0}", CakeGeneratorVersion);
        Information("Generation date: {0}", CakeGeneratorDate);
        Information("Generation informational version: {0}", CakeGeneratorInformationalVersion);
        Information("Generation NuGet version: {0}", CakeGeneratorNuGetVersion);
    });

Task("Default")
    .IsDependentOn("Version-Info");

RunTarget(target);

When you run this task, you'll see output similar to:

════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
 Version-Info
════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
Generated with Cake.Generator.Core version: 6.0.0.0
Generation date: 2026-01-03 22:59:28Z
Generation informational version: 6.0.0+53e8acdf86db6bd1653f495fcb5bb450af9cfd30
Generation NuGet version: 6.0.0

Constant Details

CakeGeneratorDate

The CakeGeneratorDate constant contains the UTC date and time when the Cake aliases were generated during the build process. The format is yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ssZ.

Example value: 2026-01-03 22:59:28Z

CakeGeneratorVersion

The CakeGeneratorVersion constant contains the version number of Cake.Generator.Core that was used to generate the aliases. This is typically a semantic version number.

Example value: 6.0.0.0

CakeGeneratorInformationalVersion

The CakeGeneratorInformationalVersion constant contains the full informational version string, which may include additional build metadata such as commit hash, build date, or other version information.

Example value: 6.0.0+53e8acdf86db6bd1653f495fcb5bb450af9cfd30

CakeGeneratorNuGetVersion

The CakeGeneratorNuGetVersion constant contains the NuGet package version of Cake.Generator.Core. This matches the version that would be used when referencing the package from NuGet.

Example value: 6.0.0

See also

• Cake.Generator README