Semantic Versioning 2.0.0

1. Summary

   MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH meaning.

2. Specification

   Normative rules about public API, version increments and pre-release.

3. Pre-release and build metadata

   Pre-release identifiers and build metadata syntax.

4. Precedence

   How versions are ordered.

5. Grammar

   BNF for valid SemVer strings.

6. Why use semantic versioning

   Dependency hell and communicating change.

7. FAQ

   Initial development, 1.0.0 and deprecation guidance.

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• Keep a Changelog 1.1.0
• Language Tags (BCP 47)
• MessagePack Specification
• OpenAPI Specification
• Problem Details for HTTP APIs (RFC 9457)
• REST (Fielding dissertation)
• Standard Webhooks
• The Unicode Standard
• TOML v1.0.0
• Unicode Annexes and Technical Standards
• UTF-8 (RFC 3629)
• UUIDs (RFC 9562)