Ver-CMP

Ver-CMP is a useful cli-tool and library for comparing semantic versions

Note

The current minimum supported Rust version is: 1.60.0 (Last checked on 3/7/2024)

Cli App

Cli Installation

To build the cli tool, run the following command:

cargo build --bin ver_cmp_cli --features build-binary --release

Cli Usage

The cli tool can be used to compare two versions and print out the comparison in many different formats

• Basic Comparison

ver-cmp --ver1 0.2.3 --ver2 0.2.1 

Output: 0.2.3 (the greater version)

• Comparison with Flags

ver-cmp --ver1 0.2.3 --ver2 0.2.1 -c  

Output: 0 (indicates ver1 > ver2)

Tip

The -c or --compare flag to return a 0 1 or 2 meaning greater, less, or equal respectively; this can be used to easily pipe the output to other commands

Library

This example shows how to use the library to compare two versions and print out the comparison

use ver_cmp::*;

fn main() {
    let ver1 = "1.1.5";
    let ver2 = "1.0.3";
    let result = compare_versions(ver1, ver2);

    match result {
        Ok(Ordering::Greater) => println!("{} > {}", ver1, ver2),
        Ok(Ordering::Less) => println!("{} < {}", ver1, ver2),
        Ok(Ordering::Equal) => println!("{} == {}", ver1, ver2),
        Err(e) => println!("Error: {}", e),
    }
}

You can also take a look in the tests for more examples of how to use the library