How can I set semantic versioning for a Go project and what are commands to set the version?

Question

How can I set semantic versioning for Go project and what are commands to set the version?

Answer 1

The go.dev website has some information about this.

The "Module version numbering" doc page has information about the versioning standards, and mentions:

If you’re developing modules for others to use, you apply a version number when you publish the module, tagging the module in its repository. For more, see Publishing a module.

The "Publishing a module" doc page outlines the steps for publishing your module, including how to set the version number in steps 4 and 5:

4. Tag the project with a new version number using the git tag command.

For the version number, use a number that signals to users the nature of changes in this release. For more, see Module version numbering.

git commit -m "mymodule: changes for v0.1.0"
git tag v0.1.0

5. Push the new tag to the origin repository.

git push origin v0.1.0