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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>

version-commit (1)

The SHA1 of the Git commit that built this version of Packer.

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

version-prerelease (1)

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