Posts tagged with GitVersion

• Slim GitVersion Docker image

  Aug 19, 2018

  In a previous post, I wrote about GitVersion. GitVersion is a tool which solves semantic versioning of a git repository in its own way. With GitVersion, the version of any git repository is a pure function of its state, derived by tags, branches and commit messages.

• One script to version all

  Dec 20, 2017

  This is just a fun hacking post. I put together a script that is able to handle all versioning strategies that I mentioned about in the post about versioning.

• Semantic versioning with GitVersion

  Dec 19, 2017

  I recently stumbled upon a tool called GitVersion which takes a different approach on versioning. I already mentioned some options regarding versioning, but all of them require you to actively specify the version somewhere. GitVersion instead is able to calculate it based on the state of your git repository.

• On versioning

  Dec 18, 2017

  According to Wiktionary, the word version means “a specific form of variation of something”. In computing, it’s “a particular revision of something” (e.g. software). The word has French and Latin roots. The Greek translation, έκδοση, can also be translated as publication.