Prerelease Versions

Pre-release version management patterns including alpha, beta, and release candidate (RC) tagging with GitHub pre-release workflows.

Overview

This skill provides comprehensive patterns for managing pre-release versions throughout the software development lifecycle. It supports semantic versioning pre-release identifiers (alpha, beta, rc) with GitHub Actions automation for safe pre-production testing.

Pre-release Version Format

Semantic versioning pre-release format:

<major>.<minor>.<patch>-<prerelease>.<number>