From a8f952882261aa985d99c5954a96cfff6c084943 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: MetaPrime Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2025 19:29:42 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md to link to semver.com to explain version scheme --- README.md | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index f293d5c0..686f7440 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ a person, the number of commits since this version (`17`). The commit SHA (`2167 source code ripme was built from. If it is not built from the main branch, the branch name (`feature/auto-release`) is given. +Note that this follows the Semantic Versioning spec (see https://semver.org/), +and uses the feature of the format that adds extra data after the `-` to +provide helpful context so that every commit on every branch has a dintinct +semver version associated with it. + ## Installation On macOS, there is a [cask](https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask/blob/master/Casks/ripme.rb).