#4244 - remove explicit version on cli install

GitTools · Nov 12, 2024 · 58d4808 · 58d4808
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diff --git a/SECURITY.md b/SECURITY.md
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@
 
 ## Supported Versions
 
-| Version   | Supported          |
-| --------: | :----------------: |
-| 5.x       | :white\_check\_mark: |
-| ⋜ 5.x     | :x:                |
+| Version |      Supported       |
+|--------:|:--------------------:|
+|     6.x | :white\_check\_mark: |
+|   < 6.x |         :x:          |
 
 ## Reporting Security Issues
 

diff --git a/docs/input/docs/reference/build-servers/bitbucket-pipelines.md b/docs/input/docs/reference/build-servers/bitbucket-pipelines.md
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ pipelines:
       name: Version and build
       script:
         - export PATH="$PATH:/root/.dotnet/tools"
-        - dotnet tool install --global GitVersion.Tool --version 5.*
+        - dotnet tool install --global GitVersion.Tool
         - dotnet-gitversion /output buildserver
         - source gitversion.properties
         - echo Building with semver $GITVERSION_FULLSEMVER
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ pipelines:
       name: Version
       script:
         - export PATH="$PATH:/root/.dotnet/tools"
-        - dotnet tool install --global GitVersion.Tool --version 5.*
+        - dotnet tool install --global GitVersion.Tool
         - dotnet-gitversion /output buildserver
       artifacts:
         - gitversion.properties

diff --git a/docs/input/docs/usage/cli/installation.md b/docs/input/docs/usage/cli/installation.md
@@ -13,9 +13,15 @@ GitVersion can be installed as a [.NET global tool][dotnet-tool] under the name
 [`GitVersion.Tool`][tool] by executing the following in a terminal:
 
 ```shell
-dotnet tool install --global GitVersion.Tool --version 5.*
+dotnet tool install --global GitVersion.Tool
 ```
 
+:::{.alert .alert-info}
+**Hint:** To install an older version of GitVersion.Tools, use the --version flag of dotnet tool install
+
+Example: `dotnet tool install GitVersion.Tool --global --version 5.*`
+:::
+
 If you want to pin to a specific version of GitVersion, you can find the available
 versions of [`GitVersion.Tool` on NuGet](https://www.nuget.org/packages/GitVersion.Tool/).
 
@@ -62,15 +68,15 @@ without installing any other dependencies. To use the Docker image, execute
 the following:
 
 ```shell
-docker run --rm -v "$(pwd):/repo" gittools/gitversion:5.6.6 /repo
+docker run --rm -v "$(pwd):/repo" gittools/gitversion:latest-debian.12 /repo
 ```
 
 The important arguments here are:
 
 |                    Argument | Description                                                                                                  |
-| --------------------------: | :----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
+|----------------------------:|:-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |            `"$(pwd):/repo"` | Maps the output of `pwd` (the working directory) to the `/repo` directory within the Docker container.       |
-| `gittools/gitversion:5.6.6` | The name and tag of the GitVersion container to use.                                                         |
+| `gittools/gitversion:{tag}` | The name and tag of the GitVersion container to use.                                                         |
 |                     `/repo` | The directory within the Docker container GitVersion should use as its working directory. Don't change this. |
 
 :::{.alert .alert-warning}