diff --git a/website/docs/admin_distribute.md b/website/docs/admin_distribute.md index 9e9d21998d..2cccce0fbd 100644 --- a/website/docs/admin_distribute.md +++ b/website/docs/admin_distribute.md @@ -63,4 +63,18 @@ You can run OpenPype with `--use-staging` argument to add use staging versions. :::note Running staging version is identified by orange **P** icon in system tray. -::: \ No newline at end of file +::: + +### OpenPype versioning + +OpenPype version control is based on semantic versioning. + +:::note +The version of OpenPype is indicated by the variable `__version__` in the file `.\openpype\version.py`. +::: + +For example OpenPype will consider the versions in this order: `3.8.0-nightly` < `3.8.0-nightly.1` < `3.8.0-rc.1` < `3.8.0` < `3.8.1-nightly.1` <`3.8.1` < `3.9.0` < `3.10.0` < `4.0.0`. + +See https://semver.org/ for more details. + +For studios customizing the source code of OpenPype, a practical approach could be to build by adding a name and a number after the PATCH and not to deploy 3.8.0 from original OpenPype repository. For example, your builds will be: `3.8.0-yourstudio.1` < `3.8.0-yourstudio.2` < `3.8.1-yourstudio.1`. \ No newline at end of file