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Versioning

Semantic Versioning

Process attempts to use semantic versioning, which takes the form MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH. Increment the:

  1. MAJOR version when you make incompatible API changes,
  2. MINOR version when you add functionality in a backwards compatible manner, and
  3. PATCH version when you make backwards compatible bug fixes.

Tags

Command Description
git describe show the current tag
git tag list all tags
git tag -l "1.0.*" list tags contained in 1.0.z
git checkout vX.Y.Z checkout a specific tag

Between user tags git will create tags in the following format: 

1.0.12-11-g3f1b433

  • 1.0.12 is the last manually entered tag by the user
  • 11 is the number of commits since that tag
  • g3f1b433 is a unique identifier for this specific commit

This allows the user to checkout a specific commit between tagged versions. PROCESS now outputs this information into the OUT.DAT and MFILE.DAT and is updated upon compilation. This way each output file is trackable to a specific commit.

PROCESS Version 3

PROCESS is still undergoing a significant restructure and, as such, PROCESS version 3 is unstable and does not guarantee backward compatibility. PROCESS version 4 will be the first major version to enforce backward-compatible API changes and will be released following a refactor of the data structure.