Add replacement rules to make MC versions correctly comparable for Renovate (#313)

[skip ci]

Author: Matyrobbrt

.github/renovate.json

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     "minecraft-versions": {
       "defaultRegistryUrlTemplate": "https://piston-meta.mojang.com/mc/game/version_manifest_v2.json",
       "transformTemplates": [
-        "{\"releases\": versions.{ \"version\": id, \"releaseTimestamp\": releaseTime }}"
+        "{\"releases\": versions.{ \"version\": $replace($replace(id, \"-snapshot-\", \"-alpha-\"), \"-pre-\", \"-beta-\"), \"releaseTimestamp\": releaseTime }}"
       ]
     }
   },
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
         "/MinecraftVersionList\\.java$/"
       ],
       "matchStrings": [
-        "public static final List<String> VERSIONS = List\\.of\\(\"(?<currentValue>[\\w\\.]+)\""
+        "// renovate-mc-version: (?<currentValue>[\\w\\.-]+)"
       ],
       "depNameTemplate": "minecraft-version-list",
       "datasourceTemplate": "custom.minecraft-versions"
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
       "matchDatasources": [
         "custom.minecraft-versions"
       ],
+      "versioning": "maven",
       "dependencyDashboardApproval": false,
       "addLabels": [
         "generated-files"

build.gradle

@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@ abstract class GenerateVersionOrder extends DefaultTask {
         Comparator<String> BY_LENGTH_REVERSED = Comparator.comparingInt { it.length() }.reversed()
         var indicesByLength = versions.stream().sorted(BY_LENGTH_REVERSED).map(versions::indexOf).map(String::valueOf).toList()
 
+        // The special renovate-mc-version line contains the latest minecraft version with -snapshot turning into -alpha and -pre into -beta to satisfy snapshot<pre<rc (even though s>p>r). Renovate is configured to do the same replacement.
         final clazz = """
 package net.neoforged.moddevgradle.internal.generated;
 
@@ -273,6 +274,7 @@ public final class MinecraftVersionList {
     private MinecraftVersionList() {
     }
 
+    // renovate-mc-version: ${versions[0].replace('-snapshot-', '-alpha-').replace('-pre-', '-beta-')}
     /**
      * Released Minecraft Versions as of ${java.time.Instant.now()} from latest to oldest.
      */
@@ -286,13 +288,13 @@ public final class MinecraftVersionList {
      * Prefix matches must terminate with one of the given separator characters to be found valid. 
      */
     public static int indexOfByPrefix(String version, String separators) {
-      for (var versionIdx : BY_LENGTH) {
-        var versionText = VERSIONS.get(versionIdx);
-        if (version.startsWith(versionText) && (versionText.length() == version.length() || separators.indexOf(version.charAt(versionText.length())) != -1)) {
-          return versionIdx;
+        for (var versionIdx : BY_LENGTH) {
+            var versionText = VERSIONS.get(versionIdx);
+            if (version.startsWith(versionText) && (versionText.length() == version.length() || separators.indexOf(version.charAt(versionText.length())) != -1)) {
+                return versionIdx;
+            }
         }
-      }
-      return -1;
+        return -1;
     }
 }
 """

src/generated/java/net/neoforged/moddevgradle/internal/generated/MinecraftVersionList.java

@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@
 public final class MinecraftVersionList {
     private MinecraftVersionList() {}
 
+    // renovate-mc-version: 1.21.11
     /**
-     * Released Minecraft Versions as of 2025-12-09T16:10:51.424270312Z from latest to oldest.
+     * Released Minecraft Versions as of 2025-12-16T22:59:41.029838819Z from latest to oldest.
      */
     public static final List<String> VERSIONS = List.of("1.21.11", "1.21.11-rc3", "1.21.11-rc2", "1.21.11-rc1", "1.21.11-pre5", "1.21.11-pre4", "1.21.11-pre3", "1.21.11-pre2", "1.21.11-pre1", "25w46a", "25w45a", "25w44a", "25w43a", "25w42a", "25w41a", "1.21.10", "1.21.10-rc1", "1.21.9", "1.21.9-rc1", "1.21.9-pre4", "1.21.9-pre3", "1.21.9-pre2", "1.21.9-pre1", "25w37a", "25w36b", "25w36a", "25w35a", "25w34b", "25w34a", "25w33a", "25w32a", "25w31a", "1.21.8", "1.21.8-rc1", "1.21.7", "1.21.7-rc2", "1.21.7-rc1", "1.21.6", "1.21.6-rc1", "1.21.6-pre4", "1.21.6-pre3", "1.21.6-pre2", "1.21.6-pre1", "25w21a", "25w20a", "25w19a", "25w18a", "25w17a", "25w16a", "25w15a", "25w14craftmine", "1.21.5", "1.21.5-rc2", "1.21.5-rc1", "1.21.5-pre3", "1.21.5-pre2", "1.21.5-pre1", "25w10a", "25w09b", "25w09a", "25w08a", "25w07a", "25w06a", "25w05a", "25w04a", "25w03a", "25w02a", "1.21.4", "1.21.4-rc3", "1.21.4-rc2", "1.21.4-rc1", "1.21.4-pre3", "1.21.4-pre2", "1.21.4-pre1", "24w46a", "24w45a", "24w44a",
             "1.21.3", "1.21.2", "1.21.2-rc2", "1.21.2-rc1", "1.21.2-pre5", "1.21.2-pre4", "1.21.2-pre3", "1.21.2-pre2", "1.21.2-pre1", "24w40a", "24w39a", "24w38a", "24w37a", "24w36a", "24w35a", "24w34a", "24w33a", "1.21.1", "1.21.1-rc1", "1.21", "1.21-rc1", "1.21-pre4", "1.21-pre3", "1.21-pre2", "1.21-pre1", "24w21b", "24w21a", "24w20a", "24w19b", "24w19a", "24w18a", "1.20.6", "1.20.6-rc1", "1.20.5", "1.20.5-rc3", "1.20.5-rc2", "1.20.5-rc1", "1.20.5-pre4", "1.20.5-pre3", "1.20.5-pre2", "1.20.5-pre1", "24w14a", "24w14potato", "24w13a", "24w12a", "24w11a", "24w10a", "24w09a", "24w07a", "24w06a", "24w05b", "24w05a", "24w04a", "24w03b", "24w03a", "23w51b", "23w51a", "1.20.4", "1.20.4-rc1", "1.20.3", "1.20.3-rc1", "1.20.3-pre4", "1.20.3-pre3", "1.20.3-pre2", "1.20.3-pre1", "23w46a", "23w45a", "23w44a", "23w43b", "23w43a", "23w42a", "23w41a", "23w40a", "1.20.2", "1.20.2-rc2", "1.20.2-rc1", "1.20.2-pre4", "1.20.2-pre3", "1.20.2-pre2", "1.20.2-pre1", "23w35a", "23w33a", "23w32a", "23w31a",