[Build Optimization] Enable incremental builds by making assembly version generation conditional

[Copilot]

Every build regenerates AssemblySharedInfo.cs with a timestamp-based version, forcing all projects to rebuild even when no code changes.

Changes

• AssemblyInfoGenerator.csproj: Added RegenerateAssemblyInfo property (defaults to false) to conditionally run T4 template transformation
• CI Workflows: Updated all build commands to pass /p:RegenerateAssemblyInfo=true to maintain timestamp-based versioning in CI
  • build_dynamo_all.yml
  • build_dynamo_core.yml (3 jobs)
  • dynamo_bin_diff.yml (2 builds)
• README.md: Documented incremental build behavior and manual version regeneration

Usage

Local development (incremental):

msbuild src\Dynamo.All.sln /p:Configuration=Release

Official builds (with timestamp):

msbuild src\Dynamo.All.sln /p:Configuration=Release /p:RegenerateAssemblyInfo=true

CI builds automatically regenerate version information. Local builds skip regeneration for fast incremental compilation.

Original prompt

When I build the solution, it always build all the projects even though I just built it minutes ago, is there any optimization can be done to only built the projects touched with its dependencies?

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