docs/understanding-htop-versions.md
Release versions are marked in configure.ac with
m4_define([htop_release_version], [9.9.9]) for a version 9.9.9.
A release version will identify in htop --version and the crash report as:
Development versions are marked in configure.ac with
m4_define([htop_release_version], [10.9.8-dev]) for a version 10.9.8 to be released sometime in the future.
This version id will be amended by
git describe --abbrev=7 --dirty --always --tags
which you can find as htop_git_version in configure.ac.
A development version will identify in htop --version and the crash report as:
The breakdown of this version string is as follows:
10.9.8 - dev - 10.9.0 - 16 - gabbccdd
Next release version - still in development - last git tag - commits since last tag - g(it) + commit id for the build