To avoid confusion and remember how semanic versioning woks in npm the following is useful:
(source: https://docs.npmjs.com/about-semantic-versioning)
| Code status | Stage | Rule | Example version |
|---|---|---|---|
| First release | New product | Start with 1.0.0 | 1.0.0 |
| Backward compatible bug fixes | Patch release | Increment the third digit | 1.0.1 |
| Backward compatible new features | Minor release | Increment the middle digit and reset last digit to zero | 1.1.0 |
| Changes that break backward compatibility | Major release | Increment the first digit and reset middle and last digits to zero | 2.0.0 |
