Versioning

Glossary

	Description
`major`	A major version
`minor`	A minor version
`patch`	A patch version
`commits`	Number of commits since the stable version tag
`commit_hash`	Hash of the commit which was compiled

Stable versions are in the format <major>.<minor>.<patch>. Stable versions are tagged in the repository with v<major>.<minor>.<patch> tag.

The version is configured in CMake/generate.conf and inserted into the root CMakeLists.txt file when the file is generated.

Snapshot versions corresponds to the following format: <major>.<minor>.<patch>.r<commits>.g<commit_hash>

The current snapshot version string can be obtained from git.

git describe --long --tags --match="v*" |  sed 's/^v//;s/\([^-]*-g\)/r\1/;s/-/./g'