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Version Command Types

These are the machine-readable types that exist as part of the output of packer version.

version (1)

The version number of Packer running.

	<p>
	<strong>Data 1: version</strong> - The version of Packer running,
	only including the major, minor, and patch versions. Example:
	"0.2.4".
	</p>
</dd>

<dt>version-commit (1)</dt>
<dd>
	<p>The SHA1 of the Git commit that built this version of Packer.</p>

	<p>
	<strong>Data 1: commit SHA1</strong> - The SHA1 of the commit.
	</p>
</dd>

<dt>version-prerelease (1)</dt>
<dd>
	<p>
	The prerelease tag (if any) for the running version of Packer. This
	can be "beta", "dev", "alpha", etc. If this is empty, you can assume
	it is a release version running.
	</p>

	<p>
	<strong>Data 1: prerelease name</strong> - The name of the
	prerelease tag.
	</p>
</dd>