The increment of the branch will be ignored when prevent-increment is set to true on the branch

BREAKING_CHANGES.md

@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
     *   Default `RegularExpression` for feature branches is changed from `^features?[/-]` to `^features?[/-](?<BranchName>.+)` to support using `{BranchName}` out-of-the-box
     *   Default `RegularExpression` for unknown branches is changed from `.*` to `(?<BranchName>.+)` to support using `{BranchName}` out-of-the-box
 *   The `Mainline` mode and the related implementation has been removed completely. The new `TrunkBased` version strategy should be used instead.
+*   The `TrunkBased` workflow doesn't support downgrading the increment for calculating the next version. This is the case if e.g. a bump messages has been defined which is lower than the branch increment.
 *   The branch related property `is-mainline` in the configuration system has been renamed to `is-main-branch`
 *   The versioning mode has been renamed to deployment mode and consists of following values:
     *   ManualDeployment (previously ContinuousDelivery)
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@
     *   VersionInBranchName
     *   TrunkBased
 *   The initialization wizard has been removed.
-*   On the `develop`, `release` and `hotfix` branch the introduced branch related property `prevent-increment-when-current-commit-tagged` has been set to `false` to get the incremented instead of the tagged semantic version.
+*   On the `develop`, `release` and `hotfix` branch the introduced branch related property `prevent-increment.when-current-commit-tagged` has been set to `false` to get the incremented instead of the tagged semantic version.
 
 ## v5.0.0
 

docs/input/docs/reference/configuration.md

@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ branches:
   develop:
     label: alpha
     increment: Minor
-    prevent-increment-of-merged-branch-version: false
-    prevent-increment-when-tagged: false
+    prevent-increment:
+      when-current-commit-tagged: false
     track-merge-target: true
     regex: ^dev(elop)?(ment)?$
     source-branches: []
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@ branches:
   main:
     label: ''
     increment: Patch
-    prevent-increment-of-merged-branch-version: true
+    prevent-increment:
+      of-merged-branch: true
     track-merge-target: false
     regex: ^master$|^main$
     source-branches:
@@ -100,8 +101,9 @@ branches:
     mode: ManualDeployment
     label: beta
     increment: None
-    prevent-increment-of-merged-branch-version: true
-    prevent-increment-when-tagged: false
+    prevent-increment:
+      of-merged-branch: true
+      when-current-commit-tagged: false
     track-merge-target: false
     regex: ^releases?[/-]
     source-branches:
@@ -118,6 +120,7 @@ branches:
     mode: ManualDeployment
     label: '{BranchName}'
     increment: Inherit
+    prevent-increment: {}
     regex: ^features?[/-](?<BranchName>.+)
     source-branches:
     - develop
@@ -132,6 +135,7 @@ branches:
     mode: ContinuousDelivery
     label: PullRequest
     increment: Inherit
+    prevent-increment: {}
     label-number-pattern: '[/-](?<number>\d+)'
     regex: ^(pull|pull\-requests|pr)[/-]
     source-branches:
@@ -147,7 +151,8 @@ branches:
     mode: ManualDeployment
     label: beta
     increment: Inherit
-    prevent-increment-when-tagged: false
+    prevent-increment:
+      when-current-commit-tagged: false
     regex: ^hotfix(es)?[/-]
     source-branches:
     - release
@@ -160,7 +165,8 @@ branches:
   support:
     label: ''
     increment: Patch
-    prevent-increment-of-merged-branch-version: true
+    prevent-increment:
+      of-merged-branch: true
     track-merge-target: false
     regex: ^support[/-]
     source-branches:
@@ -174,6 +180,7 @@ branches:
     mode: ManualDeployment
     label: '{BranchName}'
     increment: Inherit
+    prevent-increment: {}
     regex: (?<BranchName>.+)
     source-branches:
     - main
@@ -189,8 +196,10 @@ ignore:
 mode: ContinuousDelivery
 label: '{BranchName}'
 increment: Inherit
-prevent-increment-of-merged-branch-version: false
-prevent-increment-when-tagged: true
+prevent-increment:
+  of-merged-branch: false
+  when-branch-merged: false
+  when-current-commit-tagged: true
 track-merge-target: false
 track-merge-message: true
 commit-message-incrementing: Enabled
@@ -200,6 +209,7 @@ is-source-branch-for: []
 tracks-release-branches: false
 is-release-branch: false
 is-main-branch: false
+
 ```
 
 The supported built-in configuration for the `GitHubFlow` workflow (`workflow: GitHubFlow/v1`) looks like:
@@ -228,7 +238,8 @@ branches:
   main:
     label: ''
     increment: Patch
-    prevent-increment-of-merged-branch-version: true
+    prevent-increment:
+      of-merged-branch: true
     track-merge-target: false
     regex: ^master$|^main$
     source-branches:
@@ -242,8 +253,9 @@ branches:
     mode: ManualDeployment
     label: beta
     increment: None
-    prevent-increment-of-merged-branch-version: true
-    prevent-increment-when-tagged: false
+    prevent-increment:
+      of-merged-branch: true
+      when-current-commit-tagged: false
     track-merge-target: false
     regex: ^releases?[/-]
     source-branches:
@@ -293,8 +305,10 @@ ignore:
 mode: ContinuousDelivery
 label: '{BranchName}'
 increment: Inherit
-prevent-increment-of-merged-branch-version: false
-prevent-increment-when-tagged: true
+prevent-increment:
+  of-merged-branch: false
+  when-branch-merged: false
+  when-current-commit-tagged: true
 track-merge-target: false
 track-merge-message: true
 commit-message-incrementing: Enabled
@@ -330,7 +344,8 @@ branches:
     mode: ContinuousDeployment
     label: ''
     increment: Patch
-    prevent-increment-of-merged-branch-version: true
+    prevent-increment:
+      of-merged-branch: true
     track-merge-target: false
     regex: ^master$|^main$
     source-branches: []
@@ -341,14 +356,16 @@ branches:
   feature:
     increment: Minor
     regex: ^features?[/-](?<BranchName>.+)
-    prevent-increment-when-tagged: false
+    prevent-increment:
+      when-current-commit-tagged: false
     source-branches:
     - main
     pre-release-weight: 30000
   hotfix:
     increment: Patch
     regex: ^hotfix(es)?[/-](?<BranchName>.+)
-    prevent-increment-when-tagged: false
+    prevent-increment:
+      when-current-commit-tagged: false
     source-branches:
     - main
     pre-release-weight: 30000
@@ -375,8 +392,10 @@ ignore:
 mode: ManualDeployment
 label: '{BranchName}'
 increment: Inherit
-prevent-increment-of-merged-branch-version: false
-prevent-increment-when-tagged: true
+prevent-increment:
+  of-merged-branch: false
+  when-branch-merged: false
+  when-current-commit-tagged: true
 track-merge-target: false
 track-merge-message: true
 commit-message-incrementing: Enabled
@@ -467,9 +486,7 @@ increased, such as for commits after a tag: `Major`, `Minor`, `Patch`, `None`.
 
 The special value `Inherit` means that GitVersion should find the parent branch
 (i.e. the branch where the current branch was branched from), and use its values
-for [increment](#increment),
-[prevent-increment-of-merged-branch-version](#prevent-increment-of-merged-branch-version)
-and [tracks-release-branches](#tracks-release-branches).
+for [increment](#increment) or other branch related properties.
 
 ### tag-prefix
 
@@ -791,7 +808,9 @@ Another example: branch `features/sc-12345/some-description` would become a pre-
 
 Same as for the [global configuration, explained above](#increment).
 
-### prevent-increment-of-merged-branch-version
+### prevent-increment-of-merged-branch
+
+The increment of the branch merged to will be ignored, regardless of whether the merged branch has a version number or not, when this branch related property is set to true on the target branch.
 
 When `release-2.0.0` is merged into main, we want main to build `2.0.0`. If
 `release-2.0.0` is merged into develop we want it to build `2.1.0`, this option
@@ -802,6 +821,10 @@ In a GitFlow-based repository, setting this option can have implications on the
 better version source proposed by the `MergeMessageBaseVersionStrategy`. For
 more details and an in-depth analysis, please see [the discussion][2506].
 
+### prevent-increment-when-branch-merged
+
+The increment of the merged branch will be ignored when this branch related property is set to `true` on the source branch.
+
 ### prevent-increment-when-current-commit-tagged
 
 This branch related property controls the behvior whether to use the tagged (value set to true) or the incremented (value set to false) semantic version. Defaults to true.

src/GitVersion.Configuration.Tests/Configuration/ConfigurationProviderTests.CanWriteOutEffectiveConfiguration.approved.txt

@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ branches:
   develop:
     label: alpha
     increment: Minor
-    prevent-increment-of-merged-branch-version: false
-    prevent-increment-when-current-commit-tagged: false
+    prevent-increment:
+      when-current-commit-tagged: false
     track-merge-target: true
     regex: ^dev(elop)?(ment)?$
     source-branches: []
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ branches:
   main:
     label: ''
     increment: Patch
-    prevent-increment-of-merged-branch-version: true
+    prevent-increment:
+      of-merged-branch: true
     track-merge-target: false
     regex: ^master$|^main$
     source-branches:
@@ -49,8 +50,9 @@ branches:
     mode: ManualDeployment
     label: beta
     increment: None
-    prevent-increment-of-merged-branch-version: true
-    prevent-increment-when-current-commit-tagged: false
+    prevent-increment:
+      of-merged-branch: true
+      when-current-commit-tagged: false
     track-merge-target: false
     regex: ^releases?[/-]
     source-branches:
@@ -67,6 +69,7 @@ branches:
     mode: ManualDeployment
     label: '{BranchName}'
     increment: Inherit
+    prevent-increment: {}
     regex: ^features?[/-](?<BranchName>.+)
     source-branches:
     - develop
@@ -81,6 +84,7 @@ branches:
     mode: ContinuousDelivery
     label: PullRequest
     increment: Inherit
+    prevent-increment: {}
     label-number-pattern: '[/-](?<number>\d+)'
     regex: ^(pull|pull\-requests|pr)[/-]
     source-branches:
@@ -96,7 +100,8 @@ branches:
     mode: ManualDeployment
     label: beta
     increment: Inherit
-    prevent-increment-when-current-commit-tagged: false
+    prevent-increment:
+      when-current-commit-tagged: false
     regex: ^hotfix(es)?[/-]
     source-branches:
     - release
@@ -109,7 +114,8 @@ branches:
   support:
     label: ''
     increment: Patch
-    prevent-increment-of-merged-branch-version: true
+    prevent-increment:
+      of-merged-branch: true
     track-merge-target: false
     regex: ^support[/-]
     source-branches:
@@ -123,6 +129,7 @@ branches:
     mode: ManualDeployment
     label: '{BranchName}'
     increment: Inherit
+    prevent-increment: {}
     regex: (?<BranchName>.+)
     source-branches:
     - main
@@ -138,8 +145,10 @@ ignore:
 mode: ContinuousDelivery
 label: '{BranchName}'
 increment: Inherit
-prevent-increment-of-merged-branch-version: false
-prevent-increment-when-current-commit-tagged: true
+prevent-increment:
+  of-merged-branch: false
+  when-branch-merged: false
+  when-current-commit-tagged: true
 track-merge-target: false
 track-merge-message: true
 commit-message-incrementing: Enabled

src/GitVersion.Configuration/BranchConfiguration.cs

@@ -18,13 +18,12 @@ internal record BranchConfiguration : IBranchConfiguration
     [JsonPropertyDescription("The increment strategy for this branch. Can be 'Inherit', 'Patch', 'Minor', 'Major', 'None'.")]
     public IncrementStrategy Increment { get; internal set; }
 
-    [JsonPropertyName("prevent-increment-of-merged-branch-version")]
-    [JsonPropertyDescription("Prevent increment of merged branch version.")]
-    public bool? PreventIncrementOfMergedBranchVersion { get; internal set; }
+    [JsonIgnore]
+    IPreventIncrementConfiguration IBranchConfiguration.PreventIncrement => PreventIncrement;
 
-    [JsonPropertyName("prevent-increment-when-current-commit-tagged")]
-    [JsonPropertyDescription("This branch related property controls the behvior whether to use the tagged (value set to true) or the incremented (value set to false) semantic version. Defaults to true.")]
-    public bool? PreventIncrementWhenCurrentCommitTagged { get; internal set; }
+    [JsonPropertyName("prevent-increment")]
+    [JsonPropertyDescription("The prevent increment configuration section.")]
+    public PreventIncrementConfiguration PreventIncrement { get; internal set; } = new();
 
     [JsonPropertyName("label-number-pattern")]
     [JsonPropertyDescription($"The regular expression pattern to use to extract the number from the branch name. Defaults to '{ConfigurationConstants.DefaultLabelNumberPattern}'.")]
@@ -91,10 +90,12 @@ public virtual IBranchConfiguration Inherit(IBranchConfiguration configuration)
             Increment = Increment == IncrementStrategy.Inherit ? configuration.Increment : Increment,
             DeploymentMode = DeploymentMode ?? configuration.DeploymentMode,
             Label = Label ?? configuration.Label,
-            PreventIncrementOfMergedBranchVersion = PreventIncrementOfMergedBranchVersion
-                ?? configuration.PreventIncrementOfMergedBranchVersion,
-            PreventIncrementWhenCurrentCommitTagged = PreventIncrementWhenCurrentCommitTagged
-            ?? configuration.PreventIncrementWhenCurrentCommitTagged,
+            PreventIncrement = new PreventIncrementConfiguration()
+            {
+                OfMergedBranch = PreventIncrement.OfMergedBranch ?? configuration.PreventIncrement.OfMergedBranch,
+                WhenBranchMerged = PreventIncrement.WhenBranchMerged ?? configuration.PreventIncrement.WhenBranchMerged,
+                WhenCurrentCommitTagged = PreventIncrement.WhenCurrentCommitTagged ?? configuration.PreventIncrement.WhenCurrentCommitTagged
+            },
             LabelNumberPattern = LabelNumberPattern ?? configuration.LabelNumberPattern,
             TrackMergeTarget = TrackMergeTarget ?? configuration.TrackMergeTarget,
             TrackMergeMessage = TrackMergeMessage ?? configuration.TrackMergeMessage,