Hidden version files in .NET aspnetcore installation

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Is there an existing issue for this?

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Describe the bug

.NET Core installations - runtime and sdk - include hidden version files. In a full installation of the SDK, I see:

$ find /usr/lib64/dotnet -iname '.*'
/usr/lib64/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.AspNetCore.App/7.0.0-rc.2.22476.2/.version
/usr/lib64/dotnet/shared/Microsoft.NETCore.App/7.0.0-rc.2.22472.3/.version
/usr/lib64/dotnet/sdk/7.0.100-rc.2.22511.1/.version
/usr/lib64/dotnet/sdk/7.0.100-rc.2.22511.1/.toolsetversion

Is there a good reason they have to be hidden files? What if aspnetcore just renamed them to version instead of .version? Hidden files are often a surprise to users and some software can flag them as suspicious.

Expected Behavior

No hidden files in ASP.NET Core

Steps To Reproduce

• Install ASP.NET Core
• Run $ find $INSTALL_DIR -iname '.*'

Exceptions (if any)

No response

.NET Version

.NET Core 2.1 all the way to .NET 7 RC 2 (7.0.100-rc.2.22511.1)

Anything else?

No response