vsce publish doesn't fully support semver...

[busticated]

hi there 👋

i just tried to publish my extension for the first time and ran into the following:

Error: The version string '1.0.0-alpha.4' doesn't conform to the requirements for a version. It must be one to four numbers in the range 0 to 2147483647, with each number seperated by a period. It must contain at least one non-zero number.

which is odd since i was under the impression that vscode extensions used semver.

from the docs:

You can also specify a complete SemVer compatible version on the command line

(source)

using node-semver, i'm able to verify my version string is valid:

semver = require('semver');
semver.valid('1.0.0-alpha.4') // = '1.0.0-alpha.4'
semver.valid('1.0.0.4') // = null (iow, invalid)
semver.valid('1') // = null (iow, invalid)

(spec)

here's the command i ran:

vsce publish 1.0.0-alpha.4

vsce version: 1.53.0
OS Version: macOS v10.13.6 (high sierra)

[busticated]

ah, this looks related 👉 microsoft/vscode-vsce#148

[roblourens]

Yes that's the issue tracking this