Calculate next suitable version tag from git

calc-release.sh

#!/bin/bash

latest=$(git tag -l | sort -V | tail -n1)
semver_parts=(${latest//./ })
major=${semver_parts[0]}
minor=${semver_parts[1]}
patch=${semver_parts[2]}

patch_version=${major}.${minor}.$((patch+1))
minor_version=${major}.$((minor+1)).0
major_version=$((major+1)).0.0

echo "latest:        $latest"
echo "patch release: $patch_version"
echo "minor release: $minor_version"
echo "major release: $major_version"

Issue:

You would like to automatically and programmatically find the next suitable version number for a release in Git.

Prerequisites:

You are working by semantic versioning principles.

Solution:

Save and execute the provided snippet into your terminal.

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