Versioning Library for Go

go-version is a library for parsing versions and version constraints, and verifying versions against a set of constraints. go-version can sort a collection of versions properly, handles prerelease/beta versions, can increment versions, etc.

Versions used with go-version must follow SemVer.

Installation and Usage

Package documentation can be found on Go Reference.

Installation can be done with a normal go get:

$ go get github.com/hashicorp/go-version

Version Parsing and Comparison

v1, err := version.NewVersion("1.2")
v2, err := version.NewVersion("1.5+metadata")

// Comparison example. There is also GreaterThan, Equal, and just
// a simple Compare that returns an int allowing easy >=, <=, etc.
if v1.LessThan(v2) {
    fmt.Printf("%s is less than %s", v1, v2)
}

Version Parsing and Comparison with Prefixes

The library also supports parsing versions with a custom prefix. Using the WithPrefix option, you can specify a prefix to strip before parsing the version.

Use WithPrefix when your input strings carry a known release prefix such as deployment-, controller-, etc.

After parsing, the prefix is not part of the canonical version value. This means the regular comparison methods such as Compare, LessThan, Equal, and GreaterThan compare only the stripped version. If you compare versions from different prefixes with these methods, the prefixes are ignored. If you need to reject cross-prefix comparisons, inspect the parsed prefixes before comparing the versions.

v1, _ := version.NewVersion("deployment-v1.2.3-beta+metadata", version.WithPrefix("deployment-"))
v2, _ := version.NewVersion("deployment-v1.2.4", version.WithPrefix("deployment-"))

if v1.LessThan(v2) {
    fmt.Printf("%s (%s) is less than %s (%s)\n", v1, v1.Original(), v2, v2.Original())
    // Outputs: 1.2.3-beta+metadata (deployment-v1.2.3-beta+metadata) is less than 1.2.4 (deployment-v1.2.4)
}

Version Constraints

v1, err := version.NewVersion("1.2")

// Constraints example.
constraints, err := version.NewConstraint(">= 1.0, < 1.4")
if constraints.Check(v1) {
	fmt.Printf("%s satisfies constraints %s", v1, constraints)
}

Version Sorting

versionsRaw := []string{"1.1", "0.7.1", "1.4-beta", "1.4", "2"}
versions := make([]*version.Version, len(versionsRaw))
for i, raw := range versionsRaw {
    v, _ := version.NewVersion(raw)
    versions[i] = v
}

// After this, the versions are properly sorted
sort.Sort(version.Collection(versions))

Issues and Contributing

If you find an issue with this library, please report an issue. If you'd like, we welcome any contributions. Fork this library and submit a pull request.