semver-diff

Get the diff type of two semver versions: 0.0.1 0.0.2 → patch

[!NOTE] Deprecated because the semver package now supports this built-in.

Install

npm install semver-diff

Usage

import semverDiff from 'semver-diff';

semverDiff('1.1.1', '1.1.2');
//=> 'patch'

semverDiff('1.1.1-foo', '1.1.2');
//=> 'prepatch'

semverDiff('0.0.1', '1.0.0');
//=> 'major'

semverDiff('0.0.1-foo', '1.0.0');
//=> 'premajor'

semverDiff('0.0.1', '0.1.0');
//=> 'minor'

semverDiff('0.0.1-foo', '0.1.0');
//=> 'preminor'

semverDiff('0.0.1-foo', '0.0.1-foo.bar');
//=> 'prerelease'

semverDiff('0.1.0', '0.1.0+foo');
//=> 'build'

semverDiff('0.0.1', '0.0.1');
//=> undefined

semverDiff('0.0.2', '0.0.1');
//=> undefined

API

semverDiff(versionA, versionB)

Returns the difference type between two semver versions, or undefined if they are identical or the second one is lower than the first.

Possible values:

• 'major',
• 'premajor',
• 'minor',
• 'preminor',
• 'patch',
• 'prepatch',
• 'prerelease',
• 'build',
• undefined

Related

• latest-semver - Get the latest stable semver version from an array of versions
• to-semver - Get an array of valid, sorted, and cleaned semver versions from an array of strings
• semver-regex - Regular expression for matching semver versions
• semver-truncate - Truncate a semver version: 1.2.3 → 1.2.0

Current Tags

• 5.0.0                                ...           latest (7 months ago)

9 Versions

• 5.0.0 [deprecated]           ...           7 months ago
• 4.0.0                                ...           5 years ago
• 3.1.1                                ...           6 years ago
• 3.1.0                                ...           7 years ago
• 3.0.0                                ...           7 years ago
• 2.1.0                                ...           10 years ago
• 2.0.0                                ...           12 years ago
• 1.0.0                                ...           12 years ago
• 0.1.0                                ...           12 years ago