Chasm.SemanticVersioning 2.1.0

Chasm.SemanticVersioning

You're probably wondering "Why should I use this library instead of any other more popular alternatives?". Well, here's a quick overview...

• Focus on functionality and performance. I will make sure to implement any common manipulations with semantic versions, and I will microoptimize the hell out of everything! (not as much as diving into assembly code though) I'll whip up some benchmarks later to show you the difference.

• Nice concise naming. SemanticVersion, SemverPreRelease, SemverOptions. It's a bit inconsistent with SemanticVersion compared to other types, but calling it SemverVersion would sound redundant.

• .NET-style documentation. Written in the style of System namespace docs. I don't know if it's worth advertising, but I really like how descriptive and consistent it is, so I thought I should mention that.

• In active development, lots of plans. See the to-do list below.

To-do List

Extra functionality

• Use more efficient formatting (Chasm.Formatting);
• Advanced SemanticVersion formatting (M.m.p-rrr+ddd);
• SemanticVersionBuilder class;
• BuildMetadataComparer class;
• Advanced SemverPreRelease formatting, maybe?;
• SemverPreRelease.ParseMultiple/Many method;
• Option to ignore empty pre-releases/build metadata during parsing;
• Option to allow an older version syntax, like 1.2.3beta5;

node-semver version ranges

• Classes PartialVersion, VersionRange, ComparatorSet, Comparator;
• Primitive version comparators;
• Advanced version comparators;
• PartialVersion parsing and formatting;
• Parsing of version ranges and its components;

SemanticVersion

SemanticVersion represents a valid semantic version as per the SemVer 2.0.0 specification.

var a = SemanticVersion.Parse("1.0.0-alpha.8");
var b = SemanticVersion.Parse("=v 1.2-pre  ", SemverOptions.Loose);

Console.WriteLine($"{a} < {b} = {a < b}");
// 1.0.0-alpha.8 < 1.2-pre = true

Note that the default comparison doesn't account for build metadata! For build metadata-sensitive comparison, use BuildMetadataComparer.

var a = SemanticVersion.Parse("1.2.3-4");
var b = SemanticVersion.Parse("1.2.3-4+BUILD");

Console.WriteLine($"{a} == {b} = {a == b}");
// 1.2.3-4 == 1.2.3-4+BUILD = true

var cmp = BuildMetadataComparer.Instance;
Console.WriteLine($"{a} === {b} = {cmp.Equals(a, b)}");
// 1.2.3-4 === 1.2.3-4+BUILD = false

SemverPreRelease

SemverPreRelease is a pre-release identifier. Can be implicitly created from strings and ints.

var pre = new SemverPreRelease[] { "alpha", 0 };
var version = new SemanticVersion(1, 2, 3, pre);

SemverOptions

SemverOptions specifies a bunch of different semantic version parsing options.

var options = SemverOptions.AllowVersionPrefix | SemverOptions.AllowInnerWhite
            | SemverOptions.OptionalMinor | SemverOptions.RemoveEmptyPreReleases;

var version = SemanticVersion.Parse("v2 -. .alpha.", options);
// Parsed as "2.0.0-alpha"