Managing version numbers in Git
This article provides an overview of how to manage version numbers in Git. We will use semantic versioning because it is the most widely used version control scheme.
Managing version numbers in Git
Before we get into management, let’s define some terms.
Semantic Versioning
Semantic versioning is just a numbering scheme. We use it as an industry standard software development metric to show how much a release has changed since the last release.
It is a clear and concise way to indicate the level of change and is widely used by developers.
The semantic version number consists of three parts:
- Main Parts
- Secondary part
- Patch number
We won't go into depth defining each part and its function, but here's a quick diagram.
Semantic versioning requires us to double-check your version numbers before releasing your code. This makes the pattern a good fit for grouping Git tags.
Git tags
We use Git tags to mark a meaningful commit. Git has two kinds of tags.
- Lightweight Tags
- Annotated Tags
A lightweight tag is a simple named pointer. Here is an example.
Annotated tags, on the other hand, contain more detailed information about a commit. We can mark it as an annotated tag using the commit command with the -a flag and provide a description using the -m flag.git tag
Here is an example.
Annotated Git Tags + Semantic Versioning
Using annotated Git tags and semantic versioning allows us to label commits in our repository with version numbers. Some Git products with interfaces support semantic versioning of Git tags.
Here is an example on a Mac.
As shown below, we can run the git tag command to tag a commit using the semantic versioning scheme.
$ git tag - "v1.2.0-beta" -m "version v1.2.0-beta"
The command above adds the v1.2.0-beta tag to our repository. To view the details of the tag, we can run:
$ git show v1.2.0-beta
In short, semantic versioning combined with annotated Git tags provides a perfect way to indicate the level of changes to a codebase. We have already covered how to use semantic versioning of your repository with Git tags.
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