Read version information from project.json

[rinatkar]

Implement telemetry initializer that populates telemetry.Component.Version to the value read from project.json.
This was blocked before by the issue in Configuration package. More details: aspnet/Configuration#115

[gzepeda]

One question, should the project.json file be loaded as a Configuration File on ASP.NET Core 1 using a ConfigurationBuilder or should it be loaded in a different way?

Trying to figure out the best way to load the file and get the config information from it.

[SergeyKanzhelev]

Are there any other options how to load it? Will ConfigurationBuilder require a new dependency for the package?

[SergeyKanzhelev]

I don't see problems with ConfigurationBuilder

[gzepeda]

I will try ConfigurationBuilder then. Just need to add an additional nuget to the project: Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Json.

Does the appsettings.json contain version info?

[kartang]

I am sorry for the confusion. I got the question wrong. No, appsettings will not contain the version info.

[xperiandri]

Does this work without any configuration? Or I need to set up this to work?

[SergeyKanzhelev]

It should work out of the box. Do you see otherwise?

Here are the pointers in code if it would help: reading and setting