eng: remove AssemblyInfo files; use SDK-generated assembly attributes

- Delete all src/AssemblyInfo*.fs files (FAKE-generated, legacy approach)
- Delete tests/.../Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs (unused dead code)
- Remove GenerateAssemblyInfo=false and Compile includes from all .fsproj files
- Add Product and AssemblyDescription to Directory.Build.props (shared values)
- Pass Version to the Build MSBuild step so assemblies get the right version
- Remove AssemblyInfo FAKE target and dep from build pipeline
- Remove Fake.DotNet.AssemblyInfoFile from build/paket.references
- Bump version to 8.1.14

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

Author: github-actions[bot]

Directory.Build.props

@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
     <PackageProjectUrl>https://fsprojects.github.io/FSharp.Data</PackageProjectUrl>
     <PackageIconUrl>https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fsprojects/FSharp.Data/master/docs/img/logo.png</PackageIconUrl>
     <RepositoryType>git</RepositoryType>
+    <Product>FSharp.Data</Product>
+    <AssemblyDescription>Library of F# type providers and data access tools</AssemblyDescription>
     <SignAssembly>true</SignAssembly>
     <AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)src\keyfile.snk</AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>
     <PublicSign>false</PublicSign>

RELEASE_NOTES.md

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Release Notes
 
+## 8.1.14 - May 09 2026
+
+- Eng: Remove manual `AssemblyInfo*.fs` files; use SDK-generated assembly attributes instead.
+
 ## 8.1.13 - May 08 2026
 
 - Performance: `HtmlNode.serialize` no longer allocates a temporary `string` on each newline/indentation step; uses `StringBuilder.Append(char, int)` overload directly. `isVoidElement` set is now computed once at module initialisation instead of being re-created on every `HtmlNode.ToString()` call. `HtmlDocument.ToString()` uses a single `StringBuilder` for the whole document instead of `List.map … |> String.Concat`.

build/build.fs

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ let buildscript () =
         (!!includes).SetBaseDirectory(__SOURCE_DIRECTORY__ </> "..")
 
     // --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-    // Information about the project to be used at NuGet and in AssemblyInfo files
+    // Information about the project to be used at NuGet
     // --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     let project = "FSharp.Data"
@@ -56,27 +56,6 @@ let buildscript () =
 
     let isCI = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("CI") <> null
 
-    // --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-    // Generate assembly info files with the right version & up-to-date information
-
-    Target.create "AssemblyInfo" (fun _ ->
-        for file in !!"src/AssemblyInfo*.fs" do
-            let replace (oldValue: string) newValue (str: string) = str.Replace(oldValue, newValue)
-
-            let title =
-                Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension file |> replace "AssemblyInfo" "FSharp.Data"
-
-            let versionSuffix = ".0"
-            let version = release.AssemblyVersion + versionSuffix
-
-            AssemblyInfoFile.createFSharp
-                file
-                [ AssemblyInfo.Title title
-                  AssemblyInfo.Product project
-                  AssemblyInfo.Description summary
-                  AssemblyInfo.Version version
-                  AssemblyInfo.FileVersion version ])
-
     // --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     // Clean build results
 
@@ -110,6 +89,7 @@ let buildscript () =
                 Configuration = DotNet.BuildConfiguration.Release
                 MSBuildParams =
                     { o.MSBuildParams with
+                        Properties = [ ("Version", release.NugetVersion) ]
                         DisableInternalBinLog = true } }))
 
     Target.create "RunTests" (fun _ ->
@@ -217,9 +197,7 @@ let buildscript () =
         printfn "")
 
     let sourceFiles =
-        !!"src/**/*.fs" ++ "src/**/*.fsi" ++ "build/build.fs"
-        -- "src/**/obj/**/*.fs"
-        -- "src/AssemblyInfo*.fs"
+        !!"src/**/*.fs" ++ "src/**/*.fsi" ++ "build/build.fs" -- "src/**/obj/**/*.fs"
 
     Target.create "Format" (fun _ ->
         let result =
@@ -267,7 +245,7 @@ let buildscript () =
 
     Target.create "All" ignore
 
-    "Clean" ==> "AssemblyInfo" ==> "CheckFormat" ==> "Build"
+    "Clean" ==> "CheckFormat" ==> "Build"
 
     "Build" ==> "CleanDocs" ==> "GenerateDocs" ==> "All"
 

build/paket.references

@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ group Fake
     Fake.Core.Tasks
     Fake.Core.Target
     Fake.Core.ReleaseNotes
-    Fake.DotNet.AssemblyInfoFile
     Fake.DotNet.Cli
     Fake.DotNet.Testing.NUnit
     Fake.DotNet.NuGet