GitTools · arturcic · Mar 2, 2026 · Mar 2, 2026 · Mar 2, 2026 · Mar 2, 2026
diff --git a/src/GitVersion.App/ArgumentParser.cs b/src/GitVersion.App/ArgumentParser.cs
@@ -12,13 +12,17 @@ internal class ArgumentParser(IEnvironment environment,
                              IFileSystem fileSystem,
                              ICurrentBuildAgent buildAgent,
                              IConsole console,
+                              IHelpWriter helpWriter,
+                              IVersionWriter versionWriter,
                              IGlobbingResolver globbingResolver)
    : IArgumentParser
 {
    private readonly IEnvironment environment = environment.NotNull();
    private readonly IFileSystem fileSystem = fileSystem.NotNull();
    private readonly ICurrentBuildAgent buildAgent = buildAgent.NotNull();
    private readonly IConsole console = console.NotNull();
+    private readonly IHelpWriter helpWriter = helpWriter.NotNull();
+    private readonly IVersionWriter versionWriter = versionWriter.NotNull();
    private readonly IGlobbingResolver globbingResolver = globbingResolver.NotNull();

    private const string defaultOutputFileName = "GitVersion.json";
@@ -53,6 +57,7 @@ public Arguments ParseArguments(string[] commandLineArguments)

        if (firstArgument.IsHelp())
        {
+            this.helpWriter.Write();
            return new Arguments
            {
                IsHelp = true
@@ -61,6 +66,8 @@ public Arguments ParseArguments(string[] commandLineArguments)

        if (firstArgument.IsSwitch("version"))
        {
+            var assembly = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly();
+            this.versionWriter.Write(assembly);
            return new Arguments
            {
                IsVersion = true

diff --git a/src/GitVersion.App/GitVersionApp.cs b/src/GitVersion.App/GitVersionApp.cs
@@ -19,16 +19,27 @@ public Task RunAsync(CancellationToken _)
        try
        {
            var gitVersionOptions = this.options.Value;
-            this.log.Verbosity = gitVersionOptions.Verbosity;
-            SysEnv.ExitCode = this.gitVersionExecutor.Execute(gitVersionOptions);
+
+            if (gitVersionOptions.IsHelp || gitVersionOptions.IsVersion)
+            {
+                SysEnv.ExitCode = 0;
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                this.log.Verbosity = gitVersionOptions.Verbosity;
+                SysEnv.ExitCode = this.gitVersionExecutor.Execute(gitVersionOptions);
+            }
        }
        catch (Exception exception)
        {
            Console.Error.WriteLine(exception.Message);
            SysEnv.ExitCode = 1;
        }
+        finally
+        {
+            this.applicationLifetime.StopApplication();
+        }

-        this.applicationLifetime.StopApplication();
        return Task.CompletedTask;
    }
 }
diff --git a/src/GitVersion.App/GitVersionExecutor.cs b/src/GitVersion.App/GitVersionExecutor.cs
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ internal class GitVersionExecutor(
    ILog log,
    IFileSystem fileSystem,
    IConsole console,
-    IVersionWriter versionWriter,
-    IHelpWriter helpWriter,
    IConfigurationFileLocator configurationFileLocator,
    IConfigurationProvider configurationProvider,
    IConfigurationSerializer configurationSerializer,
@@ -25,8 +23,6 @@ internal class GitVersionExecutor(
    private readonly ILog log = log.NotNull();
    private readonly IFileSystem fileSystem = fileSystem.NotNull();
    private readonly IConsole console = console.NotNull();
-    private readonly IVersionWriter versionWriter = versionWriter.NotNull();
-    private readonly IHelpWriter helpWriter = helpWriter.NotNull();

    private readonly IConfigurationFileLocator configurationFileLocator = configurationFileLocator.NotNull();
    private readonly IConfigurationProvider configurationProvider = configurationProvider.NotNull();
@@ -39,10 +35,11 @@ internal class GitVersionExecutor(

    public int Execute(GitVersionOptions gitVersionOptions)
    {
-        if (!HandleNonMainCommand(gitVersionOptions, out var exitCode))
-        {
-            exitCode = RunGitVersionTool(gitVersionOptions);
-        }
+        Initialize(gitVersionOptions);
+
+        var exitCode = !VerifyAndDisplayConfiguration(gitVersionOptions)
+            ? RunGitVersionTool(gitVersionOptions)
+            : 0;

        if (exitCode != 0)
        {
@@ -103,30 +100,23 @@ private int RunGitVersionTool(GitVersionOptions gitVersionOptions)
        return 0;
    }

-    private bool HandleNonMainCommand(GitVersionOptions gitVersionOptions, out int exitCode)
+    private void Initialize(GitVersionOptions gitVersionOptions)
    {
-        if (gitVersionOptions.IsVersion)
+        if (gitVersionOptions.Diag)
        {
-            var assembly = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly();
-            this.versionWriter.Write(assembly);
-            exitCode = 0;
-            return true;
+            gitVersionOptions.Settings.NoCache = true;
        }

-        if (gitVersionOptions.IsHelp)
+        if (gitVersionOptions.Output.Contains(OutputType.BuildServer) || gitVersionOptions.LogFilePath == "console")
        {
-            this.helpWriter.Write();
-            exitCode = 0;
-            return true;
+            this.log.AddLogAppender(new ConsoleAppender());
        }

-        if (gitVersionOptions.Diag)
+        if (gitVersionOptions.LogFilePath != null && gitVersionOptions.LogFilePath != "console")
        {
-            gitVersionOptions.Settings.NoCache = true;
+            this.log.AddLogAppender(new FileAppender(this.fileSystem, gitVersionOptions.LogFilePath));
        }

-        ConfigureLogging(gitVersionOptions, this.log, this.fileSystem);
-
        var workingDirectory = gitVersionOptions.WorkingDirectory;
        if (gitVersionOptions.Diag)
        {
@@ -141,34 +131,19 @@ private bool HandleNonMainCommand(GitVersionOptions gitVersionOptions, out int e
        {
            this.log.Info("Working directory: " + workingDirectory);
        }
-
-        if (gitVersionOptions.ConfigurationInfo.ShowConfiguration)
-        {
-            if (gitVersionOptions.RepositoryInfo.TargetUrl.IsNullOrWhiteSpace())
-            {
-                this.configurationFileLocator.Verify(workingDirectory, this.repositoryInfo.ProjectRootDirectory);
-            }
-            var configuration = this.configurationProvider.Provide();
-            var configurationString = configurationSerializer.Serialize(configuration);
-            this.console.WriteLine(configurationString);
-            exitCode = 0;
-            return true;
-        }
-
-        exitCode = 0;
-        return false;
    }

-    private static void ConfigureLogging(GitVersionOptions gitVersionOptions, ILog log, IFileSystem fileSystem)
+    private bool VerifyAndDisplayConfiguration(GitVersionOptions gitVersionOptions)
    {
-        if (gitVersionOptions.Output.Contains(OutputType.BuildServer) || gitVersionOptions.LogFilePath == "console")
+        if (!gitVersionOptions.ConfigurationInfo.ShowConfiguration) return false;
+        if (gitVersionOptions.RepositoryInfo.TargetUrl.IsNullOrWhiteSpace())
        {
-            log.AddLogAppender(new ConsoleAppender());
+            this.configurationFileLocator.Verify(gitVersionOptions.WorkingDirectory, this.repositoryInfo.ProjectRootDirectory);
        }

-        if (gitVersionOptions.LogFilePath != null && gitVersionOptions.LogFilePath != "console")
-        {
-            log.AddLogAppender(new FileAppender(fileSystem, gitVersionOptions.LogFilePath));
-        }
+        var configuration = this.configurationProvider.Provide();
+        var configurationString = this.configurationSerializer.Serialize(configuration);
+        this.console.WriteLine(configurationString);
+        return true;
    }
 }