@lerna/prerelease-id-from-version

What is @lerna/prerelease-id-from-version?

@lerna/prerelease-id-from-version is a utility package that helps in extracting the prerelease identifier from a given version string. This can be particularly useful in managing and automating versioning in monorepos or multi-package repositories.

What are @lerna/prerelease-id-from-version's main functionalities?

Extract Prerelease Identifier

This feature allows you to extract the prerelease identifier (e.g., 'alpha', 'beta') from a given version string. This can be useful for conditional logic based on the type of prerelease.

const prereleaseIdFromVersion = require('@lerna/prerelease-id-from-version');
const version = '1.0.0-alpha.1';
const prereleaseId = prereleaseIdFromVersion(version);
console.log(prereleaseId); // Output: 'alpha'

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semver

The 'semver' package is a comprehensive library for parsing, validating, and comparing semantic versioning strings. It also includes functionality to extract prerelease identifiers, among many other features. Compared to @lerna/prerelease-id-from-version, 'semver' offers a broader range of versioning utilities.

node-semver

Similar to 'semver', 'node-semver' is another package that provides extensive tools for working with semantic versioning. It includes methods for parsing versions, comparing them, and extracting prerelease identifiers. It is more feature-rich compared to @lerna/prerelease-id-from-version, which focuses solely on extracting prerelease identifiers.

README

@lerna/prerelease-id-from-version

Get the prerelease ID from a version string

Usage

const { prereleaseIdFromVersion } = require("@lerna/prerelease-id-from-version");

prereleaseIdFromVersion(1.0.0-alpha.0); // => "alpha"

prereleaseIdFromVersion(1.0.0); // => undefined

prereleaseIdFromVersion(); // => undefined

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