Configuration

Every calculation option has a default. You can override defaults with environment variables, and command-line flags override environment variables.

Precedence, lowest to highest:

1. Built-in defaults
2. Environment variables (TAGVER_*)
3. Command-line flags

Environment variables

Set any of these to configure tagver without passing flags — useful in CI where the same settings apply to every invocation.

Variable	Value	Description	Default
TAGVER_TAGPREFIX	string	Only consider tags with this prefix (e.g. release-)	empty (all tags)
TAGVER_AUTOINCREMENT	major | minor | patch	Part to bump for the next version	patch
TAGVER_DEFAULTPRERELEASEIDENTIFIERS	dot-separated string	Default pre-release identifiers (e.g. alpha.0)	alpha.0
TAGVER_MINIMUMMAJORMINOR	major.minor	Floor the version at this major.minor (e.g. 1.0)	none
TAGVER_BUILDMETADATA	string	Build metadata to append (after +)	none
TAGVER_IGNOREHEIGHT	true | false	Do not append commit height to the version	false
TAGVER_VERBOSITY	quiet | normal | verbose | debug | trace	Log verbosity	normal

Notes:

• An empty string is treated as “unset” for TAGVER_TAGPREFIX, TAGVER_DEFAULTPRERELEASEIDENTIFIERS, and TAGVER_BUILDMETADATA; the default is used instead.
• TAGVER_IGNOREHEIGHT must parse as a boolean (true or false).
• verbose and info are accepted as equivalents for TAGVER_VERBOSITY.

Examples

# Configure once for the whole shell / CI job
export TAGVER_TAGPREFIX=release-
export TAGVER_AUTOINCREMENT=minor
export TAGVER_MINIMUMMAJORMINOR=1.0

tagver --format json

A single flag still wins over the environment for that run:

export TAGVER_AUTOINCREMENT=minor
tagver --auto-increment patch   # this run bumps patch, not minor

Defaults reference

With no configuration, tagver behaves as if:

• Working directory: current directory (.)
• Tag prefix: empty (all tags considered)
• Auto-increment: patch
• Default pre-release identifiers: alpha.0
• Minimum major.minor: none
• Build metadata: none
• Ignore height: false
• Verbosity: normal