📦 releasetype -- a function to get the release type of a version

releasetype.py

"""
releasetype.py -- a function to get the release type of a version

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"""


def get_release_type(version):
    """
    >>> get_release_type('3.1.4')
    'patch'
    >>> get_release_type('4.2.0')
    'minor'
    >>> get_release_type('5.0.0')
    'major'
    """

    # NOTE: I think this is an elegant implementation.
    major, minor, patch = map(int, version.split("."))
    if patch: return "patch"
    if minor: return "minor"
    if major: return "major"