github.com/aspring/packer@v0.8.1-0.20150629211158-9db281ac0f89/website/source/docs/machine-readable/command-version.html.markdown (about) 1 --- 2 layout: "docs_machine_readable" 3 page_title: "Command: version - Machine-Readable Reference" 4 description: |- 5 These are the machine-readable types that exist as part of the output of `packer version`. 6 --- 7 8 # Version Command Types 9 10 These are the machine-readable types that exist as part of the output 11 of `packer version`. 12 13 <dl> 14 <dt>version (1)</dt> 15 <dd> 16 <p>The version number of Packer running.</p> 17 18 <p> 19 <strong>Data 1: version</strong> - The version of Packer running, 20 only including the major, minor, and patch versions. Example: 21 "0.2.4". 22 </p> 23 </dd> 24 25 <dt>version-commit (1)</dt> 26 <dd> 27 <p>The SHA1 of the Git commit that built this version of Packer.</p> 28 29 <p> 30 <strong>Data 1: commit SHA1</strong> - The SHA1 of the commit. 31 </p> 32 </dd> 33 34 <dt>version-prerelease (1)</dt> 35 <dd> 36 <p> 37 The prerelease tag (if any) for the running version of Packer. This 38 can be "beta", "dev", "alpha", etc. If this is empty, you can assume 39 it is a release version running. 40 </p> 41 42 <p> 43 <strong>Data 1: prerelease name</strong> - The name of the 44 prerelease tag. 45 </p> 46 </dd> 47 </dl>