[PR #108] [MERGED] Clarify version comparisons #4058

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GiteaMirror · 2026-06-08T20:26:56-05:00

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📋 Pull Request Information

Original PR: https://github.com/semver/semver/pull/108
Author: @haacked
Created: 6/10/2013
Status: ✅ Merged
Merged: 6/10/2013
Merged by: @haacked

Base: master ← Head: clarify-version-comparisons

📝 Commits (2)

9dcea3c Section 11: A larger set of pre-release is higher
84c9618 Attempt to clarify precedence even more.

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1 file changed (+15 additions, -7 deletions)

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📝 semver.md (+15 -7)

📄 Description

This is cherry picked from #103 and attempts to clarify precedence.

This clarifies a couple of things.

How to compare pre-release versions with differing number of identifiers.
How the left-to-right comparison of identifiers relates to the comparison of the whole version.

For example, while the following is implied because it's so obvious, SemVer never really made it clear that 1.9.0 < 2.1.1. It only specifies how each identifier is compared.

The second commit in this PR attempts to clarify how the comparison of each identifier relates to the comparison of the whole version. Does this seem necessary or is it implied elsewhere? Can the language be improved?

/cc @isaacs

_{🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.}

## 📋 Pull Request Information **Original PR:** https://github.com/semver/semver/pull/108 **Author:** [@haacked](https://github.com/haacked) **Created:** 6/10/2013 **Status:** ✅ Merged **Merged:** 6/10/2013 **Merged by:** [@haacked](https://github.com/haacked) **Base:** `master` ← **Head:** `clarify-version-comparisons` --- ### 📝 Commits (2) - [`9dcea3c`](https://github.com/semver/semver/commit/9dcea3c1702b5d1e4d511b282fbf4f078b76d5b7) Section 11: A larger set of pre-release is higher - [`84c9618`](https://github.com/semver/semver/commit/84c96182a5c89e77f6243396e90c963dde244598) Attempt to clarify precedence even more. ### 📊 Changes **1 file changed** (+15 additions, -7 deletions) <details> <summary>View changed files</summary> 📝 `semver.md` (+15 -7) </details> ### 📄 Description This is cherry picked from #103 and attempts to clarify precedence. This clarifies a couple of things. 1. How to compare pre-release versions with differing number of identifiers. 2. How the left-to-right comparison of identifiers relates to the comparison of the whole version. For example, while the following is implied because it's so obvious, SemVer never really made it clear that 1.9.0 < 2.1.1. It only specifies how each identifier is compared. The second commit in this PR attempts to clarify how the comparison of each identifier relates to the comparison of the whole version. Does this seem necessary or is it implied elsewhere? Can the language be improved? /cc @isaacs --- <sub>🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.</sub>

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Reference: github-starred/semver#4058