semver

Check if version is valid

$ semver [1.2.3]

$ semver -i major [1.2.3]

$ semver -i minor [1.2.3]

$ semver -i patch [1.2.3]

$ semver -r "[>=1.0.0 <2.0.0]" [1.5.0]

$ semver --coerce [v1.2]

$ semver [1.2.3] [1.0.0] [2.0.0]

semver [-i increment] [-r range] [options] version

semver validates, compares, and manipulates semantic version strings following the semver.org specification. It provides version incrementing (bumping major, minor, patch, or prerelease components), range matching using NPM-style range syntax, and version sorting.
Range matching tests whether versions satisfy constraints like >=1.0.0 <2.0.0, ^1.2.3, or ~1.2.3, using the same range syntax as npm's package.json version specifiers. Coercion converts non-standard version strings like "v1.2" into valid semver format (1.2.0). Multiple versions passed as arguments are printed in sorted order.

-i, --increment TYPE

Increment version.

Test against range.

Coerce to valid version.

Loose parsing.

Less than range.

Greater than range.

major - 1.2.3 -> 2.0.0
minor - 1.2.3 -> 1.3.0
patch - 1.2.3 -> 1.2.4
premajor - 1.2.3 -> 2.0.0-0
preminor - 1.2.3 -> 1.3.0-0
prepatch - 1.2.3 -> 1.2.4-0
prerelease - 1.2.3 -> 1.2.4-0

Node.js package. Strict mode may reject valid-looking versions. Range syntax can be complex.

semver is the Node.js implementation of semantic versioning. It's used by npm for package version resolution.

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