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[ISSUE]: Azure DevOps Release pipeline throws the error on GitVersion updatebuildnumber #1493

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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.
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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

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Run the pipeline

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

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