refactor: use packaging lib instead of custom function

The package was already an indirect dependency

pyproject.toml

@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ marshmallow = {version = ">=3.0.0b10"}
 # TypeError: _deserialize() got an unexpected keyword argument 'partial'
 marshmallow-polyfield = "^5.10"
 "more-itertools" = "*"
+packaging = "*"
 pluggy = "*"
 # TODO: chore: move to dependency groups once the feature is on a stable version of Poetry
 # https://python-poetry.org/docs/master/managing-dependencies/#dependency-groups

src/nitpick/core.py

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 from loguru import logger
 from marshmallow_polyfield import PolyField
 from more_itertools import always_iterable
+from packaging.version import parse as parse_version
 from pluggy import PluginManager
 from tomlkit import TOMLDocument
 from tomlkit.items import KeyType, SingleKey
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@
     ROOT_PYTHON_FILES,
 )
 from nitpick.exceptions import QuitComplainingError
-from nitpick.generic import filter_names, glob_files, relative_to_current_dir, version_to_tuple
+from nitpick.generic import filter_names, glob_files, relative_to_current_dir
 from nitpick.plugins.info import FileInfo
 from nitpick.schemas import BaseNitpickSchema, flatten_marshmallow_errors, help_message
 from nitpick.violations import Fuss, ProjectViolations, Reporter, StyleViolations
@@ -299,7 +300,7 @@ def merge_styles(self, offline: bool) -> Iterator[Fuss]:
 
         minimum_version = search_json(self.style_dict, JMEX_NITPICK_MINIMUM_VERSION, None)
         logger.debug(f"Minimum version: {minimum_version}")
-        if minimum_version and version_to_tuple(NitpickFlake8Extension.version) < version_to_tuple(minimum_version):
+        if minimum_version and parse_version(NitpickFlake8Extension.version) < parse_version(minimum_version):
             yield Reporter().make_fuss(
                 ProjectViolations.MINIMUM_VERSION,
                 project=PROJECT_NAME,

src/nitpick/generic.py

@@ -18,33 +18,6 @@
     from nitpick.typedefs import PathOrStr
 
 
-def version_to_tuple(version: str | None = None) -> tuple[int, ...]:
-    """Transform a version number into a tuple of integers, for comparison.
-
-    >>> version_to_tuple("")
-    ()
-    >>> version_to_tuple("  ")
-    ()
-    >>> version_to_tuple(None)
-    ()
-    >>> version_to_tuple("1.0.1")
-    (1, 0, 1)
-    >>> version_to_tuple(" 0.2 ")
-    (0, 2)
-    >>> version_to_tuple(" 2 ")
-    (2,)
-
-    :param version: String with the version number. It must be integers split by dots.
-    :return: Tuple with the version number.
-    """
-    if not version:
-        return ()
-    clean_version = version.strip()
-    if not clean_version:
-        return ()
-    return tuple(int(part) for part in clean_version.split(DOT))
-
-
 def relative_to_current_dir(path_or_str: PathOrStr | None) -> str:
     """Return a relative path to the current dir or an absolute path."""
     if not path_or_str: