diff --git a/MinVer.Lib/Versioner.cs b/MinVer.Lib/Versioner.cs
index f3e968bb..3f5c20bc 100644
--- a/MinVer.Lib/Versioner.cs
+++ b/MinVer.Lib/Versioner.cs
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ private static (Version Version, int? Height) GetVersion(string workDir, string
         return (selectedCandidate.Version, selectedCandidate.Height);
     }
 
-    private static List<Candidate> GetCandidates(Commit head, IEnumerable<(string Name, string Sha)> tags, string tagPrefix, List<string> defaultPreReleaseIdentifiers, ILogger log)
+    private static List<Candidate> GetCandidates(Commit head, IEnumerable<(string Name, string Sha)> tags, string tagPrefix, IReadOnlyCollection<string> defaultPreReleaseIdentifiers, ILogger log)
     {
         var tagsAndVersions = new List<(string Name, string Sha, Version Version)>();
 
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ private static List<Candidate> GetCandidates(Commit head, IEnumerable<(string Na
         [
             .. tagsAndVersions
                 .OrderBy(tagAndVersion => tagAndVersion.Version)
-                .ThenBy(tagsAndVersion => tagsAndVersion.Name)
+                .ThenBy(tagsAndVersion => tagsAndVersion.Name),
         ];
 
         var itemsToCheck = new Stack<(Commit Commit, int Height, Commit? Child)>();
diff --git a/MinVer/Logger.cs b/MinVer/Logger.cs
index 8fcaf762..1b54b970 100644
--- a/MinVer/Logger.cs
+++ b/MinVer/Logger.cs
@@ -5,16 +5,14 @@ namespace MinVer;
 
 internal sealed class Logger(Verbosity verbosity) : ILogger
 {
-    private readonly Verbosity verbosity = verbosity;
+    public bool IsTraceEnabled => verbosity >= Verbosity.Diagnostic;
 
-    public bool IsTraceEnabled => this.verbosity >= Verbosity.Diagnostic;
+    public bool IsDebugEnabled => verbosity >= Verbosity.Detailed;
 
-    public bool IsDebugEnabled => this.verbosity >= Verbosity.Detailed;
-
-    public bool IsInfoEnabled => this.verbosity >= Verbosity.Normal;
+    public bool IsInfoEnabled => verbosity >= Verbosity.Normal;
 
     // warnings are deliberately shown at quiet level
-    public bool IsWarnEnabled => this.verbosity >= Verbosity.Quiet;
+    public bool IsWarnEnabled => verbosity >= Verbosity.Quiet;
 
     public bool Trace(string message) => this.IsTraceEnabled && Message(message);
 
diff --git a/MinVerTests.Packages/SourceLink.cs b/MinVerTests.Packages/SourceLink.cs
index 8c231f7a..fa68bba0 100644
--- a/MinVerTests.Packages/SourceLink.cs
+++ b/MinVerTests.Packages/SourceLink.cs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ public static async Task HasCommitSha()
             int.Parse(Sdk.Version.Split(".")[0], NumberStyles.None, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture) < 8)
         {
             _ = await Sdk.DotNet(
-                $"add package Microsoft.SourceLink.GitHub --version 1.1.1 --package-directory packages", path);
+                "add package Microsoft.SourceLink.GitHub --version 1.1.1 --package-directory packages", path);
             _ = await Sdk.DotNet("restore --packages packages", path);
         }
 
diff --git a/minver-cli/Logger.cs b/minver-cli/Logger.cs
index b266cae6..149e049f 100644
--- a/minver-cli/Logger.cs
+++ b/minver-cli/Logger.cs
@@ -5,15 +5,13 @@ namespace MinVer;
 
 internal sealed class Logger(Verbosity verbosity) : ILogger
 {
-    private readonly Verbosity verbosity = verbosity;
+    public bool IsTraceEnabled => verbosity >= Verbosity.Trace;
 
-    public bool IsTraceEnabled => this.verbosity >= Verbosity.Trace;
+    public bool IsDebugEnabled => verbosity >= Verbosity.Debug;
 
-    public bool IsDebugEnabled => this.verbosity >= Verbosity.Debug;
+    public bool IsInfoEnabled => verbosity >= Verbosity.Info;
 
-    public bool IsInfoEnabled => this.verbosity >= Verbosity.Info;
-
-    public bool IsWarnEnabled => this.verbosity >= Verbosity.Warn;
+    public bool IsWarnEnabled => verbosity >= Verbosity.Warn;
 
     public bool Trace(string message) => this.IsTraceEnabled && Message(message);
 
diff --git a/targets/Program.cs b/targets/Program.cs
index 36b5f94f..1e3fdf84 100644
--- a/targets/Program.cs
+++ b/targets/Program.cs
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@
     "test-lib",
     "test the MinVer.Lib library",
     DependsOn("build"),
-    () => RunAsync("dotnet", ["test", "./MinVerTests.Lib", "--framework", testFx, "--configuration", "Release", "--no-build", "--nologo", .. testLoggerArgs]));
+    () => RunAsync("dotnet", ["test", "./MinVerTests.Lib", "--framework", testFx, "--configuration", "Release", "--no-build", "--nologo", .. testLoggerArgs,]));
 
 Target(
     "test-packages",
     "test the MinVer package and the minver-cli console app",
     DependsOn("build"),
-    () => RunAsync("dotnet", ["test", "./MinVerTests.Packages", "--configuration", "Release", "--no-build", "--nologo", .. testLoggerArgs]));
+    () => RunAsync("dotnet", ["test", "./MinVerTests.Packages", "--configuration", "Release", "--no-build", "--nologo", .. testLoggerArgs,]));
 
 Target(
     "eyeball-minver-logs",