github on Joe Steadhttps://joestead.codes/tags/github/Recent content in github on Joe SteadHugoen-gbTue, 02 Jun 2026 22:13:59 +0100Semantic versioning? Nah, just break your usershttps://joestead.codes/posts/versioning-software/Tue, 03 Sep 2024 12:00:00 +0100https://joestead.codes/posts/versioning-software/<p>What is <a href="https://semver.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Semantic Versioning</a> and why is it useful? At a very high level, Semantic Versioning is a way of versioning <em>things</em> to indicate whether a change is breaking, additive, or a fix for something. It is a version number split into 3 chunks, Major, Minor and Patch. It can be summarised as:</p> <blockquote> <p>Given a version number MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH, increment the:</p> <p>MAJOR version when you make incompatible API changes</p> <p>MINOR version when you add functionality in a backward compatible manner</p>