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    7899999999998765

    Even if a developer would make a commit every second, it would take 250 million years to reach version 0.0.7899999999998765

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      15 hours ago

      Most of the mistakes they have to fix are incorrect version numbering.

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      that’s with the assumption that the smallest increment was used every time

      I sometimes increment things by adding the next decimal place

      note: I am not a developer, just a dude making tools at work. but I somehow always end up incrementing something now and then from 1.21 to 1.211 because I wanted to avoid the “1.21 new actually newest” situation and bumping to 1.22 didn’t make sense. it’s like temporary versioning for me, WIP files

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          I do that too sometimes lol but I’m just not a fan

          if it were actual releases, yeah totally. but it’s just temporary files

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        1.21 to 1.211

        So +190 increment is totally ok for you, but +1 sometimes “didn’t make sense”. IT DOESN"T MAKE ANY SENSE! Oh, and you can use letters. 1.21 -> 1.21a looks MUCH more explanatory for your purposes than “+1 is too harsh increase, so I’ll increase on 190!”

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          so I actually use various different systems depending on my mood that day.

          maybe I add a dash, maybe I use another decimal, maybe I use alpha characters.

          none of it matters because they’re wiped out a few hours later

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        Sub version tags make sense but for the the love of pie if you’re going to use a number at least separate it from the others, like 1.21-1

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      I have seen people just add '9’s to it, so to not upgrade the minor, so 2.6.997 gets 2.6.9997 and so on

      Some people cannot math.