# version-number
_Parsing the "version core" of semver numbers and their shorthands_
### Introduction
A crate to parse two- and three component version numbers. The three component version numbers are a subset of
semver, namely, just the "version core" of a semver version (that is, pre-release and/or build modifiers are not
supported).
Two component versions are a shorthand of the three component version number, where the patch number is not specified.
Examples of two- respectively three component version numbers are `1.51` and `1.7.0`.
An example where this version type is found, is the `package.rust-version` field in the Cargo manifest (which crate
authors use
to set the MSRV).
We call a two component `major.minor` version number, such as `1.51`, a **Base Version**, and a three component
`major.minor.patch` version number, such as `1.7.0`, a **Full Version**.
### Add as a dependency
To add `version-number` as a dependency to your Rust project, you may run `cargo add version-number`.
Alternatively, you could add the `version-number` crate manually to your Cargo manifest (i.e. `Cargo.toml`) as a
dependency:
```toml
[dependencies]
version-number = "0.3"
```
### Usage
```rust
use version_number::{BaseVersion, FullVersion, Version};
fn main() {
let base = Version::parse("1.27").unwrap();
assert_eq!(base, Version::Base(BaseVersion::new(1, 27)));
let full = Version::parse("1.27.0").unwrap();
assert_eq!(full, Version::Full(FullVersion::new(1, 27, 0)));
}
```
If you only want to parse a two or three component version (and reject the other one), you may instead do:
```rust
use version_number::{BaseVersion, FullVersion};
fn main() {
let base = BaseVersion::parse("1.27").unwrap();
assert_eq!(base, BaseVersion::new(1, 27));
let full = FullVersion::parse("1.27.0").unwrap();
assert_eq!(full, FullVersion::new(1, 27, 0));
}
```
Please refer to the [docs](https://docs.rs/version-number) to review all functionality.
### License
Licensed under either of
* Apache License, Version 2.0, ([LICENSE-APACHE](LICENSE-APACHE) or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
* MIT license ([LICENSE-MIT](LICENSE-MIT) or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
at your option.
#### Contribution
Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally
submitted for inclusion in the work by you, as defined in the Apache-2.0
license, shall be dual licensed as above, without any additional terms or
conditions.