v1.8.0

What's Changed

• Add CODEOWNERS file in .github/CODEOWNERS by @mukeshjc in #145
• Linting by @KaushikiAnand in #151
• Correct typos in comments by @alexandear in #134
• Migrate GitHub Actions updates from TSCCR to Dependabot by @nodyhub in #155
• Bump the github-actions-backward-compatible group with 2 updates by @dependabot[bot] in #157
• Update doc reference in README by @alexandear in #135
• Bump the github-actions-breaking group with 3 updates by @dependabot[bot] in #156
• [Compliance] - PR Template Changes Required by @compliance-pr-automation-bot[bot] in #158
• Add benchmark test for version.String() by @Manikkumar1988 in #159
• Bytes implementation by @Manikkumar1988 in #161
• Bump actions/cache from 4.2.3 to 4.2.4 in the github-actions-backward-compatible group by @dependabot[bot] in #167
• Bump actions/checkout from 4.2.2 to 5.0.0 in the github-actions-breaking group by @dependabot[bot] in #166
• Bump the github-actions-breaking group across 1 directory with 2 updates by @dependabot[bot] in #171
• [IND-4226] [COMPLIANCE] Update Copyright Headers by @oss-core-libraries-dashboard[bot] in #172
• drop init() by @florianl in #175

New Contributors

• @mukeshjc made their first contribution in #145
• @KaushikiAnand made their first contribution in #151
• @alexandear made their first contribution in #134
• @nodyhub made their first contribution in #155
• @compliance-pr-automation-bot[bot] made their first contribution in #158
• @Manikkumar1988 made their first contribution in #159
• @oss-core-libraries-dashboard[bot] made their first contribution in #172
• @florianl made their first contribution in #175

Full Changelog: v1.7.0...v1.8.0

v1.7.0

ENHANCEMENTS:

• Remove reflect dependency (#91)
• Implement the database/sql.Scanner and database/sql/driver.Value interfaces for Version (#133)

INTERNAL:

• [COMPLIANCE] Add Copyright and License Headers (#115)
• [COMPLIANCE] Update MPL-2.0 LICENSE (#105)
• Bump actions/cache from 3.0.11 to 3.2.5 (#116)
• Bump actions/checkout from 3.2.0 to 3.3.0 (#111)
• Bump actions/upload-artifact from 3.1.1 to 3.1.2 (#112)
• GHA Migration (#103)
• github: Pin external GitHub Actions to hashes (#107)
• SEC-090: Automated trusted workflow pinning (2023-04-05) (#124)
• update readme (#104)

v1.6.0

FEATURES:

• Add Prerelease function to Constraint to return true if the version includes a prerelease field (#100)

v1.5.0

FEATURES:

• Use encoding TextMarshaler & TextUnmarshaler instead of JSON equivalents (#95)
• Add JSON handlers to allow parsing from/to JSON (#93)

v1.4.0

FEATURES:

• Introduce MustConstraints() (#87)
• Constraints: Introduce Equals() and sort.Interface methods (#88)

v1.3.0

FEATURES:

• Add Core function to return a version without prerelease or metadata (#85)

v1.2.1

Prevent Version.Equal method from panicking on nil encounter (#73)

v1.2.0

Add GreaterThanOrEqual + LessThanOrEqual helper methods.

v1.1.0

Adds NewSemver constructor