Function validateVersion

internal/validators/validators.go:335–361

validateVersion validates the version string. NB: we decided that we would not enforce strict semver for version strings

(ctx *ValidationContext, version string)

// validateVersion validates the version string.
// NB: we decided that we would not enforce strict semver for version strings
func validateVersion(ctx *ValidationContext, version string) *ValidationResult {
	result := &ValidationResult{Valid: true, Issues: []ValidationIssue{}}

	if version == "latest" {
		issue := NewValidationIssueFromError(
			ValidationIssueTypeSemantic,
			ctx.String(),
			ErrReservedVersionString,
			"reserved-version-string",
		)
		result.AddIssue(issue)
		return result
	}

	// Reject semver range-like inputs
	if looksLikeVersionRange(version) {
		issue := NewValidationIssueFromError(
			ValidationIssueTypeSemantic,
			ctx.String(),
			fmt.Errorf("%w: %q", ErrVersionLooksLikeRange, version),
			"version-looks-like-range",
		)
		result.AddIssue(issue)
	}

	return result
}

// looksLikeVersionRange detects common semver range syntaxes and wildcard patterns.
// that indicate the value is not a single, specific version.