feat: support proper sorting for prereleases

Author: vaind

updater/scripts/sort-versions.ps1

@@ -4,37 +4,14 @@ param(
 
 Set-StrictMode -Version latest
 
-function GetComparablePart([Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $value)
-{
-    $value.PadLeft(10, '0')
-}
-
 function GetComparableVersion([Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string] $value)
 {
     $value = $value -replace '^v', ''
-    $output = ''
-    $buffer = ''
-    for ($i = 0; $i -lt $value.Length; $i++)
-    {
-        $char = $value[$i]
-        if ("$char" -match '[^a-zA-Z0-9]')
-        {
-            # Found a separtor, update the current buffer
-            $output += GetComparablePart $buffer
-            $output += $char
-            $buffer = ''
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            $buffer += $char
-        }
+    try {
+        [System.Management.Automation.SemanticVersion]::Parse($value)
+    } catch {
+        Write-Error "Failed to parse semantic version '$value': $_"
     }
-    if ($buffer.Length -gt 0)
-    {
-        $output += GetComparablePart $buffer
-    }
-
-    $output
 }
 
 $List | Sort-Object -Property @{Expression = { GetComparableVersion $_ } }

updater/tests/sort-versions.ps1

@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ RunTest "sort standard versions v2" {
     AssertEqual @('v1.2.3', '3.0.0', '5.4.1', '5.4.11', '5.5', 'v6.0') $sorted
 }
 
-# TODO, currently doesn't respect (order) stuff like RC, Beta, etc.
-# RunTest "sort with pre-releases" {
-#     $sorted = SortVersions @('3.0.0', '5.4.11', 'v1.2.3', '5.4.1', '5.4.11-rc.0')
-#     AssertEqual @('v1.2.3', '3.0.0', '5.4.1', '5.4.11-rc.0', '5.4.11') $sorted
-# }
+# https://semver.org/#spec-item-11
+RunTest "sort with pre-releases" {
+    $sorted = SortVersions @('1.0.0-rc.1', '1.0.0', '1.0.0-beta.11', '1.0.0-alpha.1', '1.0.0-beta', '1.0.0-alpha.beta', '1.0.0-alpha', '1.0.0-beta.2')
+    AssertEqual @('1.0.0-alpha', '1.0.0-alpha.1', '1.0.0-alpha.beta', '1.0.0-beta', '1.0.0-beta.2', '1.0.0-beta.11', '1.0.0-rc.1', '1.0.0') $sorted
+}