[ISSUE]: Azure DevOps Release pipeline throws the error on GitVersion updatebuildnumber

[nikithamkoshy]

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GitVersion package

AzureDevops task

What are you seeing?

I am using Gitversion tasks in Azure Release pipeline to find the next tag sequence. I have added update-build-number=false in the execute gitversion task.
Screenshot of the task attached

However, the release pipeline fails with the error:

2025-02-06T11:57:18.5806353Z Command: /opt/hostedtoolcache/GitVersion.Tool/6.0.5/dotnet-gitversion --roll-forward Major /home/vsts/work/r1/a/_temp/ /output json /l console /overrideconfig update-build-number=false
2025-02-06T11:57:21.7120908Z ##[error]Unable to process command '##vso[build.updatebuildnumber]0.3.0-alpha.0' successfully. Please reference documentation (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=817296)
2025-02-06T11:57:21.7137378Z ##[error]Value cannot be null. (Parameter 'buildId')

Here are the version details of the task that I am using in the release pipeline

steps:

- task: gittools.gittools.setup-gitversion-task.gitversion/setup@3

  displayName: 'Setup gitversion'

  inputs:

    versionSpec: 6.0.5

    preferLatestVersion: true

Here is the link to stackoverflow discussion for detailed discussion - https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79417856/azure-devops-release-pipeline-throws-error-on-gitversion-updatebuildnumber

What is expected?

The Gitversion task in the release pipeline shouldn't attempt to update the build number

Steps to Reproduce

Create a Release pipeline in Azure with the following Tasks

(Select the working directory to be the path where your test repository is cloned into

Run the pipeline

Output log or link to your CI build (if appropriate).