fix git username/address in jenkinsfile

+ add getCurrentFormatedVersion()

Jenkinsfile

@@ -126,11 +126,15 @@ pipeline {
 
 				sh("virtualenv --pip=embed --setuptools=embed --wheel=embed --no-periodic-update --activators bash,python BUILD_ENV")
 				sh("virtualenv --pip=embed --setuptools=embed --wheel=embed --no-periodic-update --activators bash,python TEST_ENV")
+                sh("virtualenv --pip=embed --setuptools=embed --wheel=embed --no-periodic-update --activators bash,python TOOLS_ENV")
 				
 				sh(". ~/BUILD_ENV/bin/activate && pip install --upgrade setuptools build pip copier jinja2-slug toml \"setuptools-git-versioning<2\"")
 				
+                sh(". ~/TOOLS_ENV/bin/activate && pip install simple_rest_client requests")
+                sh(". ~/TOOLS_ENV/bin/activate && pip install git+https://chacha.ddns.net/gitea/chacha/pygitversionhelper.git@master")
 
-				
+                sh("git config --global user.email $_MaintainerEmail")
+                sh("git config --global user.name  $_MaintainerName")	
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -148,23 +152,64 @@ pipeline {
                         {
                             if(sh(returnStdout:  true, script: "git tag --points-at HEAD").trim().isEmpty())
                             {
-                                error("master push/merge must have an explicit tag release number")
+                                BUMPED_VERSION = sh(script:  """#!/bin/sh -
+                                                                 |. ~/TOOLS_ENV/bin/activate
+                                                                 |exec python - << '__EOWRAPPER__'
+                                                                 |
+                                                                 |from pygitversionhelper import gitversionhelper
+                                                                 |import re
+                                                                 |
+                                                                 |lastcommit=gitversionhelper.commit.getLast(same_branch=True)
+                                                                 |msg=gitversionhelper.commit.getMessage(lastcommit)
+                                                                 |
+                                                                 |_match=re.search(r"\\s*(?:#)?\\s*(?<=new-tag:)(?:\\s*)(?P<TAG>\\S*)",msg)
+                                                                 |print(_match.group("TAG"),end="")
+                                                                 |
+                                                                 |__EOWRAPPER__
+                                                              """.stripMargin(),
+                                                               returnStdout: true).trim()
+                                if(BUMPED_VERSION.isEmpty())
+                                {
+                                    echo "master push/merge must have an explicit tag release number, stopping pipeline"
+                                    currentBuild.getRawBuild().getExecutor().doStop()
+                                }
+                                else
+                                {
+                                    echo "new-tag requested in commit message: $BUMPED_VERSION"
+                                    sh("git tag -a $BUMPED_VERSION")
+                                    sh("git push origin master --tags")
+                                }
                             }
                         }
                     
                         // using git to get the latest tag on this branch 
                         def latestTag = sh(returnStdout:  true, script: "git tag --sort=-creatordate | head -n 1").trim()
                         echo("latestTag:. . . . . . . . . . . . $latestTag  ")
-                        
-                        // using setuptools_git_versioning to get the generated version number based on Git tags and logs
-                        // TODO: read dev_template from toml
+                                               
+                         sh(script:  """#!/bin/sh -
+                                         |. ~/TOOLS_ENV/bin/activate
+                                         |exec python - << '__EOWRAPPER__'
+                                         |
+                                         |from pygitversionhelper import gitversionhelper
+                                         |
+                                         |print(f"most recent repository tag: {gitversionhelper.tag.getLastTag()}")
+                                         |print(f"most recent repository tag: {gitversionhelper.tag.getLastTag(same_branch=True)}")
+                                         |print(f"number of commit since last tag: {gitversionhelper.tag.getDistanceFromTag()}")
+                                         |print(f"number of commit since last tag: {gitversionhelper.tag.getDistanceFromTag(same_branch=True)}")
+                                         |print(f"most recent repository version: {gitversionhelper.version.getLastVersion(formated_output=True)}")
+                                         |print(f'current repository version: {gitversionhelper.version.getCurrentVersion(formated_output=True,version_std="PEP440",bump_type="dev",bump_dev_strategy="post")}')
+                                         |
+                                         |__EOWRAPPER__
+                                      """.stripMargin())
+                                      
+                        // get current (or bumped) version number from git history
                         PY_PROJECT_VERSION = sh(script:   """#!/bin/sh -
-                                                             |. ~/BUILD_ENV/bin/activate
+                                                             |. ~/TOOLS_ENV/bin/activate
                                                              |exec python - << '__EOWRAPPER__'
                                                              |
-                                                             |from setuptools_git_versioning import version_from_git
+                                                             |from pygitversionhelper import gitversionhelper
                                                              |
-                                                             |print(str(version_from_git(tag_filter="^\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d+\$",dev_template = "{tag}.post{ccount}")),end ="")
+                                                             |print(gitversionhelper.version.getCurrentVersion(formated_output=True,version_std="PEP440",bump_type="dev",bump_dev_strategy="post"),end ="")
                                                              |
                                                              |__EOWRAPPER__
                                                           """.stripMargin(),
@@ -176,12 +221,9 @@ pipeline {
                         // => little hacky... creating a new git repo with a commit/tag corresponding to HEAD of the official one
                         if(_PROJECT_NAME=="pyChaChaDummyProject")  //specific case to test the template itself
                         {
-							sh("git config --global user.email $_MaintainerEmail")
-							sh("git config --global user.name  $_MaintainerName")
 
 							sh("rm -Rf ~/_gitrepo  || true")
 							
-							//sh(". ~/BUILD_ENV/bin/activate && python -m copier --vcs-ref HEAD --prereleases --defaults ./ ~/_gitrepo")
                             sh(script:    """#!/bin/sh -
                                              |. ~/BUILD_ENV/bin/activate
                                              |exec python - << '__EOWRAPPER__'
@@ -388,13 +430,15 @@ pipeline {
 				def GITEA_LOGIN_TOKEN=credentials("GiteaCHACHAPush")
 			}
 			steps {
-				sh("python3 -m pip install simple_rest_client requests")
 				dir("gitrepo") {
 					script {
 						def CurrentDateTime=java.time.LocalDateTime.now()
 						withCredentials([string( credentialsId: _MkDocsWebCredentials,variable: 'MKDOCSTOKEN' )]) 
 						{
-						sh(script: 	"""#!/usr/bin/env python3
+                        sh(script:   """#!/bin/sh -
+                                        |. ~/TOOLS_ENV/bin/activate
+                                        |exec python - << '__EOWRAPPER__'
+                                        |
 										|from simple_rest_client.api import API
 										|from simple_rest_client.resource import Resource
 										|import json
@@ -478,8 +522,9 @@ pipeline {
                                         |response=requests.post("http://${_MkDocsWebURL}/API.php?REQ=pushDoc",data=reqData,files=files)
                                         |if response.status_code != 200:
                                         |   raise RuntimeError(f"Wrong server response: {response.status_code}")
-                                        | 
-									""".stripMargin())
+                                        |
+                                        |__EOWRAPPER__
+									 """.stripMargin())
 									}
 					}
 				}

README.md

@@ -3,46 +3,33 @@
 
 ![](docs-static/Library.jpg)
 
-# Python project template
+# pyGitVersionHelper
 
-A nice template to start a blank python projet.
- 
-This template automate a lot of handy things and allow CI/CD automatic releases generation.
+_A tiny library to help versioning management of git python projects_ 
 
-It is also collectings data to feed Jenkins build.
+Because a good developer is a lazy developer and version management in CI/CD can be very time consuming.
 
-Checkout [Latest Documentation](https://chacha.ddns.net/mkdocs-web/chacha/pychachadummyproject/{{branch}}/latest/).
+
+Checkout [Latest Documentation](https://chacha.ddns.net/mkdocs-web/chacha/pygitversionhelper/{{branch}}/latest/).
 
 ## Features
-
-### Generic pipeline skeleton:
-    - Prepare
-    - GetCode
-    - BuildPackage
-    - Install
-    - CheckCode
-    - PlotMetrics
-    - RunUnitTests
-    - GenDOC
-    - PostRelease
+    - list tags
+    - get last tag 
+    - get last version
+    - get current version (bumped)
+    - convert / switch from SemVer to PEP440 (both ways)
+    - automatic version format detection (SemVer by default)
     
-### CI/CD Environment
-    - Jenkins
-    - Gitea (with patch for dynamic Readme variables: https://chacha.ddns.net/gitea/chacha/GiteaMarkupVariable)
-    - Docker
-    - MkDocsWeb
-    
-### CI/CD Helper libs
-    - VirtualEnv
-    - Changelog generation based on commits
-    - copier
-    - pylint + pylint_json2html
-    - mypy
-    - unittest + xmlrunner + junitparser + junit2htmlreport
-    - mkdocs
+## Options
+    - restrict to same branch
+    - both SemVer and PEP440 support
+    - custom output format
+    - configurable default bump type major, minor, patch or dev
+    - configurable default bump type: post, pre-patch, pre-minor, pre-major
+    - ignore non-version tag
+    - force version format
 
-### Python project
-    - Full .toml implementation
-    - .whl automatic generation
-    - dynamic versionning using git repository
-    - embedded unit-test
+## Process
+    - full CI/CD developpment: Gitea / Jenkins + few python libs (pytlint, coverage, unittest, mkdocs)
+    - documentation generated mkdocs and self-hosted
+    - CI/CD on Linux, manually tested in Windows environnement

docs-static/usage.md

@@ -1,16 +1,128 @@
 # Usage
 
-## Pulvinar dolor
-Donec dapibus est fermentum justo volutpat condimentum. Integer quis nunc neque. Donec dictum vehicula justo, in facilisis ex tincidunt in. 
-Vivamus sollicitudin sem dui, id mollis orci facilisis ut. Proin sed pulvinar dolor. Donec volutpat commodo urna imperdiet pulvinar. Fusce eget aliquam risus. 
-Vivamus viverra luctus ex, in finibus mi. Nullam elementum dapibus mollis. Ut suscipit volutpat ex, quis feugiat lacus consectetur eu. 
+## Installation
 
-## Condimentum faucibus
-Quisque auctor egestas sem, luctus suscipit ex maximus vitae. Duis facilisis augue et condimentum faucibus. 
-Donec cursus, enim a sagittis egestas, lectus lorem eleifend libero, at tincidunt leo magna at libero. 
-Nunc eros velit, suscipit luctus tempor vel, finibus et est. Curabitur efficitur pretium pulvinar. 
-Donec urna lectus, vulputate quis turpis sed, placerat congue urna. Phasellus aliquet fermentum quam, non auctor elit porta nec. Morbi eu ligula at nisl ultricies condimentum vitae id ante. 
+From master repository:
 
-## Aliquam lacinia
-In volutpat lorem ex, et fringilla nibh faucibus quis. Mauris et arcu elementum, auctor dui vitae, egestas arcu. Duis sit amet aliquam quam. 
-Phasellus a odio turpis. Etiam tristique mi eu enim varius, eget facilisis est vestibulum. Aliquam lacinia nec purus sed luctus. Cras at laoreet erat. 
+    python -m pip install git+https://chacha.ddns.net/gitea/chacha/pygitversionhelper.git@master
+
+From local .whl file:
+
+    python -m pip install pygitversionhelper-<VERSION>-py3-none-any.whl
+
+From public repository:
+
+    TBD
+
+## Import in your project
+
+Add this line on the top of your python script:
+
+    #from pygitversionhelper import gitversionhelper
+
+[optionnal] If you need to catch exception from this module:
+
+    #from pygitversionhelper import gitversionhelperException
+    
+## Basic API
+
+All the API commands are static so it is not needed to create instantiate any object.
+
+They are all executed in the current active directory.
+
+One easy way to change directory:
+
+    import os
+    os.chdir("<YOUR DIRECTORY>")
+
+### sublib: repository 
+
+To check if a repository is dirty:
+
+    if gitversionhelper.repository.isDirty():
+        print("repository is dirty")
+
+### sublib: tag 
+
+List all tags [default to taggerdate order]:
+
+    for tag in gitversionhelper.tag.getTags():
+        print(f"found tag: {tag}")
+        
+List all tags [using git refname order]:
+
+    for tag in gitversionhelper.tag.getTags("v:refname"):
+        print(f"found tag: {tag}")
+
+Get the last tag:
+
+    print(f"most recent repository tag: {gitversionhelper.tag.getLastTag()}")
+    
+Get the last tag [only on same branch]:
+
+    print(f"most recent repository tag: {gitversionhelper.tag.getLastTag(same_branch=True)}")
+
+
+Get the distance from HEAD to last tag:
+
+    print(f"number of commit since last tag: {gitversionhelper.tag.getDistanceFromTag()}")
+
+Get the distance from HEAD to last tag [only on same branch]:
+
+    print(f"number of commit since last tag: {gitversionhelper.tag.getDistanceFromTag(same_branch=True)}")
+    
+### sublib: version 
+
+Get the last found version in the repository [return MetaVersion object]:
+
+    print(f"most recent repository version: {gitversionhelper.version.getLastVersion()}")
+    
+Get the last found version in the repository [return formated string]:
+
+    print(f"most recent repository version: {gitversionhelper.version.getLastVersion(formated_output=True)}")
+
+Others kwargs available to this function:
+
+* version_std: string to force a version standard for rendering ["PEP440" or "SemVer"]
+* same_branch: boolean to force searching on same branch
+* ignore\_unknown\_tags: boolean to allow unknown tag to be ignored
+
+Get the current version of the repository, automatically bump it if the last one is not tagged [returns MetaVersion object]:
+
+    print(f"current repository version: {gitversionhelper.version.getCurrentVersion()}")
+
+Or with formated output:
+
+    print(f"current repository version: {gitversionhelper.version.getCurrentVersion(formated_output=True)}")
+    
+Typical usage in CI/CD env:
+    
+    bumped_version = gitversionhelper.version.getCurrentVersion(    formated_output=True,       \
+                                                                    version_std="PEP440",       \
+                                                                    bump_type="dev",            \
+                                                                    bump_dev_strategy="post")
+    print(f"current repository version: {bumped_version}")
+
+kwargs available to this function:
+
+* All same args as getLastVersion()
+* bump_type: if version need to be pump, allow to configure next release update type: __major, minor, patch, dev__
+* bump\_dev\_strategy: if bump\_type is dev, allow to choose dev update strategy: __post, pre-patch, pre-minor, pre-major__
+
+A version object can also be manually formated:
+
+    _version = gitversionhelper.tag.getCurrentVersion()
+    _version.doFormatVersion()
+    #or
+    gitversionhelper.version.doFormatVersion(_version)
+
+kwargs available to those function:
+    - output_format: string to choose a rendering format ["Auto","PEP440" or "SemVer"]
+
+## Limitations
+
+There is unfortunately some technical limitation :
+
+* MultiThreading and async behavior is not tested.
+* Multiple tag on the same commit is not supported.
+* Branch filter when searching for a version is only tested with -no-ff strategy

pyproject.toml

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 dependencies = [
     'importlib-metadata; python_version<"3.9"',
+    'packaging'
 ]
 dynamic = ["version"]
 
@@ -49,10 +50,6 @@ where = ["src"]
 [tool.setuptools.package-data]
 "pygitversionhelper.data" = ["*.*"]
 
-#[tool.setuptools_scm]
-#write_to        = "src/pygitversionhelper/_version.py"
-#version_scheme  = "python-simplified-semver"
-
 [project.urls]
 Homepage        = "https://chacha.ddns.net/gitea/chacha/pygitversionhelper"
 Documentation   = "https://chacha.ddns.net/gitea/chacha/pygitversionhelper/wiki"

src/pygitversionhelper/gitversionhelper.py

@@ -5,15 +5,28 @@
 #
 # You should have received a copy of the license along with this
 # work.  If not, see <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/>.
-
 """
-This module is the main gitversionhelper file, containing all the code.
-This project aim to be kept compact and focused on helping doing handy 
-things with git when it deal with project versions/tags.
+This project try to help doing handy operations with git when 
+dealing with project versioning and tags on python project -
+at leat for project using PEP440 or SemVer standards.
+
+One requirement is to keep it compact and to not cover too much fancy features.
+This is the reason why it is one single file with nested classes.
+
+=> Design is on-purpose poorly expandable to keep the scope light.
+
+This library is maid for repository using tag as version.
+Support for non-version tags is optional and not well tested.
+
+This module is the main project file, containing all the code.
+
+Read the read me for more information.
+Check the unittest s for usage samples.
+
+Note: _Other Parameters_ are **kwargs
 """
 
 from __future__ import annotations
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 import os
 import subprocess
@@ -23,29 +36,26 @@ import logging
 
 from packaging.version import VERSION_PATTERN as packaging_VERSION_PATTERN
 
-# Only imports the below statements during type checking
-if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from typing import Union
-
-def _exec(cmd: str, root: str | os.PathLike | None = None) -> list[str]:
+def _exec(cmd: str, root: str | os.PathLike | None = None, raw:bool = False) -> list[str]:
     """
     helper function to handle system cmd execution
     Args:
         cmd: command line to be executed
         root: root directory where the command need to be executed
-    Return:
+    Returns:
         a list of command's return lines
         
     """
-
-    p = subprocess.run(cmd.split(), text=True, cwd=root, capture_output=True, check=False)
+    p = subprocess.run(cmd, text=True, cwd=root, capture_output=True, check=False, timeout=2,shell=True)
     if re.search("not a git repository",p.stderr):
         raise gitversionhelper.repository.notAGitRepository()
-    if re.search("fatal:",p.stderr):
-        raise gitversionhelper.unknownGITFatalError()
-    if int(p.returncode) < 0:
-        raise gitversionhelper.unknownGITError
+    if re.search("fatal:",p.stderr):    #pragma: nocover
+        raise gitversionhelper.unknownGITFatalError(p.stderr)
+    if int(p.returncode) < 0:           #pragma: nocover
+        raise gitversionhelper.unknownGITError(p.stderr)
 
+    if raw:
+        return p.stdout
     lines = p.stdout.splitlines()
     return [line.rstrip() for line in lines if line.rstrip()]
 
@@ -96,10 +106,107 @@ class gitversionhelper: # pylint: disable=too-few-public-methods
         def isDirty(cls) -> bool:
             """
             check if the repository is in dirty state
-            Return:
+            Returns:
                 True if it is dirty
             """
             return bool(_exec("git status --short"))
+    class commit:
+        """
+        class containing methods focusing on commits
+        """
+        __OptDict = {"same_branch": "same_branch",
+                     "merged_output":"merged_output"}
+
+        class commitException(gitversionhelperException):
+            """
+            generic commit exception
+            """
+
+        class commitNotFound(commitException):
+            """
+            tag not found exception
+            """
+
+        @classmethod
+        def getMessagesSinceTag(cls,tag:str,**kwargs) -> str:
+            """
+            retrieve a commits message history from repository
+            from LastCommit to the given tag
+            Keyword Arguments:
+                merged_output: output one single merged string
+                same_branch(bool): force searching only in the same branch
+            Returns:
+                the commit message
+            """
+            current_commit_id=cls.getLast(**kwargs)
+            tag_commit_id=cls.getFromTag(tag)
+
+            if ((cls.__OptDict["same_branch"] in kwargs) and (kwargs[cls.__OptDict["same_branch"]] is True)):
+                commits = _exec(f"git rev-list --first-parent --ancestry-path {tag_commit_id}..{current_commit_id}")
+            else:
+                commits = _exec(f"git rev-list --ancestry-path {tag_commit_id}..{current_commit_id}")
+            result=[]
+            for commit in commits:
+                result.append(cls.getMessage(commit))
+
+            if ((cls.__OptDict["merged_output"] in kwargs) and (kwargs[cls.__OptDict["merged_output"]] is True)):
+                print("JOIN")
+                return os.linesep.join(result)
+            return result
+
+        @classmethod
+        def getMessage(cls, commit_hash:str) -> str:
+            """
+            retrieve a commit message from repository
+            Args:
+                commit_hash: id of the commit
+            Returns:
+                the commit message
+            """
+            try:
+                res=_exec(f"git log -z --pretty=\"tformat:%B%-C()\" -n 1 {commit_hash}",None,True).rstrip('\x00')
+            except gitversionhelper.unknownGITFatalError as _e:
+                raise cls.commitNotFound("no commit found in commit history") from _e
+
+            return res.replace('\r\n','\n').replace('\n','\r\n')
+
+        @classmethod
+        def getFromTag(cls,tag:str) -> str:
+            """
+            retrieve a commit from repository associated to a tag
+            Args:
+                tag: tag of the commit
+            Returns:
+                the commit Id
+            """
+            try:
+                res=_exec(f"git rev-list -n 1 {tag}")
+            except gitversionhelper.unknownGITFatalError as _e:
+                raise cls.commitNotFound("no commit found in commit history") from _e
+            if len(res)==0:
+                raise cls.commitNotFound("no commit found in commit history")
+            return res[0]
+
+        @classmethod
+        def getLast(cls,**kwargs) -> str:
+            """
+            retrieve last commit from repository
+            Keyword Arguments:
+                same_branch(bool): force searching only in the same branch
+            Returns:
+                the commit Id
+            """
+            if ((cls.__OptDict["same_branch"] in kwargs) and (kwargs[cls.__OptDict["same_branch"]] is True)):
+                try:
+                    res = _exec("git rev-parse HEAD")
+                except gitversionhelper.unknownGITFatalError as _e:
+                    raise cls.commitNotFound("no commit found in commit history") from _e
+            else:
+                res = _exec("git for-each-ref --sort=-committerdate refs/heads/ --count 1 --format=\"%(objectname)\"")
+
+            if len(res)==0:
+                raise cls.commitNotFound("no commit found in commit history")
+            return res[0]
 
     class tag:
         """
@@ -124,49 +231,54 @@ class gitversionhelper: # pylint: disable=too-few-public-methods
             """
 
         @classmethod
-        def getTags(cls,sort:str = "version:refname") -> list[str]:
+        def getTags(cls,sort:str = "taggerdate",**kwargs) -> list[str|None]:
             """
             retrieve all tags from a repository
             Args:
                 sort: sorting constraints (git format)
-            Return:
+            Returns:
                 the tags list
             """
+
             if sort not in cls.__validGitTagSort:
                 raise gitversionhelper.wrongArguments("sort option not in allowed list")
-            return _exec(f"git tag -l --sort={sort}")
+
+            if ((cls.__OptDict["same_branch"] in kwargs) and (kwargs[cls.__OptDict["same_branch"]] is True)):
+                currentBranch = _exec("git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD")
+                return list(reversed(_exec(f"git tag --merged {currentBranch[0]} --sort={sort}")))
+            return list(reversed(_exec(f"git tag -l --sort={sort}")))
 
         @classmethod
-        def getLastTag(cls,**kwargs) -> Union[str,None]:
+        def getLastTag(cls,**kwargs) -> str | None:
             """
             retrieve the last tag from a repository
-            Kwargs:
+            Keyword Arguments:
                 same_branch(bool): force searching only in the same branch
-            Return:
+            Returns:
                 the tag
             """
             if ((cls.__OptDict["same_branch"] in kwargs) and (kwargs[cls.__OptDict["same_branch"]] is True)):
-                res = _exec("git describe --tags --abbrev=0")
+                res = _exec("git describe --tags --first-parent --abbrev=0")
             else:
-                res = _exec("git rev-list --tags --max-count=1")
+                res = _exec("git rev-list --tags --date-order --max-count=1")
                 if len(res)==1:
                     res = _exec(f"git describe --tags {res[0]}")
 
             if len(res)==0:
                 raise cls.tagNotFound("no tag found in commit history")
-            if len(res)!=1:
+            if len(res)!=1: #pragma: nocover
                 raise cls.moreThanOneTag("multiple tags on same commit is unsupported")
             return res[0]
 
         @classmethod
-        def getDistanceFromTag(cls,tag=None,**kwargs) -> int:
+        def getDistanceFromTag(cls,tag:str=None,**kwargs) -> int:
             """
             retrieve the distance between HEAD and tag in the repository
             Arguments:
                 tag: reference tag, if None the most recent one will be used
-            Kwargs:
+            Keyword Arguments:
                 same_branch(bool): force searching only in the same branch
-            Return:
+            Returns:
                 the tag
             """
             if tag is None:
@@ -179,15 +291,15 @@ class gitversionhelper: # pylint: disable=too-few-public-methods
         """
         __OptDict = {   "version_std":      "version_std",
                         "formated_output":  "formated_output",
-                        "output_format":    "output_format"}
+                        "output_format":    "output_format",
+                        "ignore_unknown_tags":  "ignore_unknown_tags"}
         DefaultInputFormat = "Auto"
         VersionStds    = { "SemVer" : { "regex" :               r"^(?P<major>0|[1-9]\d*)\.(?P<minor>0|[1-9]\d*)\.(?P<patch>0|[1-9]\d*)"\
                                                                 r"(?:-(?P<prerelease>(?:0|[1-9]\d*|\d*[a-zA-Z-][0-9a-zA-Z-]*)"\
                                                                 r"(?:\.(?:0|[1-9]\d*|\d*[a-zA-Z-][0-9a-zA-Z-]*))*))?"\
                                                                 r"(?:\+(?P<buildmetadata>[0-9a-zA-Z-]+(?:\.[0-9a-zA-Z-]+)*))?$",
-                                        "regex_preversion_num": r"(?:\.)(?P<num>(?:\d+(?!\w))+)", 
-                                        "regex_build_num"     : r"(?:\.)(?P<num>(?:\d+(?!\w))+)"          
-                                                   
+                                        "regex_preversion_num": r"(?:\.)(?P<num>(?:\d+(?!\w))+)",
+                                        "regex_build_num"     : r"(?:\.)(?P<num>(?:\d+(?!\w))+)"
                                                                 },
                            "PEP440" : { "regex" :               packaging_VERSION_PATTERN,
                            "Auto"   : None
@@ -204,24 +316,31 @@ class gitversionhelper: # pylint: disable=too-few-public-methods
             no valid version found exception
             """
 
+        class PreAndPostVersionUnsupported(versionException):
+            """
+            pre and post release can not be present at the same time
+            """
+
         class MetaVersion:
             """
             generic version object
             """
-            __OptDict                   = {  "bump_type":             "bump_type",
-                                             "bump_dev_strategy":     "bump_dev_strategy"}
+
+            __OptDict                   = {  "bump_type":            "bump_type",
+                                             "bump_dev_strategy":    "bump_dev_strategy",
+                                             "formated_output":      "formated_output"}
             DefaultBumpType             = "patch"
             BumpTypes                   = ["major","minor","patch","dev"]
             DefaultBumpDevStrategy      = "post"
             BumpDevStrategys            = ["post","pre-patch","pre-minor","pre-major"]
-            version_std                 = "None"
 
-            major: int      = 0
-            minor: int      = 1
-            patch: int      = 0
-            pre_count:int   = 0
-            post_count:int  = 0
-            raw:str         = "0.1.0"
+            version_std: str    = "None"
+            major: int          = 0
+            minor: int          = 1
+            patch: int          = 0
+            pre_count:int       = 0
+            post_count:int      = 0
+            raw:str             = "0.1.0"
 
             def __init__(self,version_std,major=0,minor=1,patch=0,pre_count=0,post_count=0,raw="0.1.0"): #pylint: disable=R0913
                 self.version_std = version_std
@@ -236,9 +355,9 @@ class gitversionhelper: # pylint: disable=too-few-public-methods
             def _getBumpDevStrategy(cls,**kwargs) -> str:
                 """
                 get selected bump_dev_strategy
-                Kwargs:
+                Keyword Arguments:
                     bump_dev_strategy(str): the given bump_dev_strategy (can be None)
-                Return:
+                Returns:
                     Kwargs given bump_dev_strategy or the default one.
                 """
                 BumpDevStrategy = cls.DefaultBumpDevStrategy
@@ -253,9 +372,9 @@ class gitversionhelper: # pylint: disable=too-few-public-methods
             def _getBumpType(cls,**kwargs) -> str:
                 """
                 get selected bump_type
-                Kwargs:
+                Keyword Arguments:
                     bump_type(str): the given bump_type (can be None)
-                Return:
+                Returns:
                     Kwargs given bump_type or the default one.
                 """
                 BumpType = cls.DefaultBumpType
@@ -266,13 +385,13 @@ class gitversionhelper: # pylint: disable=too-few-public-methods
                         raise gitversionhelper.wrongArguments(f"invalid {cls.__OptDict['bump_type']} requested")
                 return BumpType
 
-            def bump(self,amount:int=1,**kwargs): # pylint: disable=R0912
+            def bump(self,amount:int=1,**kwargs) -> gitversionhelper.version.MetaVersion | str : # pylint: disable=R0912
                 """
                 bump the version to the next one
-                Kwargs:
+                Keyword Arguments:
                     bump_type(str): the given bump_type (can be None)
                     bump_dev_strategy(str): the given bump_dev_strategy (can be None)
-                Return:
+                Returns:
                     the bumped version
                 """
                 BumpType = self._getBumpType(**kwargs)
@@ -285,7 +404,8 @@ class gitversionhelper: # pylint: disable=too-few-public-methods
                             _v.pre_count = _v.pre_count + amount
                         else:
                             _v.post_count = _v.post_count + amount
-                    elif BumpDevStrategy in ["pre-patch","pre-minor","pre-major"]:
+                    #elif BumpDevStrategy in ["pre-patch","pre-minor","pre-major"]:
+                    else:
                         if _v.post_count > 0:
                             _v.post_count = _v.post_count + amount
                         else:
@@ -295,7 +415,8 @@ class gitversionhelper: # pylint: disable=too-few-public-methods
                                 elif BumpDevStrategy == "pre-minor":
                                     _v.minor = _v.minor + 1
                                     _v.patch = 0
-                                elif BumpDevStrategy == "pre-major":
+                                #elif BumpDevStrategy == "pre-major":
+                                else:
                                     _v.major = _v.major + 1
                                     _v.minor = 0
                                     _v.patch = 0
@@ -305,29 +426,34 @@ class gitversionhelper: # pylint: disable=too-few-public-methods
                         _v.major = _v.major + amount
                     elif BumpType == "minor":
                         _v.minor = _v.minor + amount
-                    elif BumpType == "patch":
+                    #elif BumpType == "patch":
+                    else:
                         _v.patch = _v.patch + amount
                     _v.pre_count=0
                     _v.post_count=0
-
                 _v.raw=_v.doFormatVersion(**kwargs)
+
+                if ((self.__OptDict["formated_output"] in kwargs) and (kwargs[self.__OptDict["formated_output"]] is True)):
+                    return _v.doFormatVersion(**kwargs)
                 return _v
 
-            def doFormatVersion(self,**kwargs):
+            def doFormatVersion(self,**kwargs) -> str:
                 """
                 output a formated version string
-                Return:
+                Keyword Arguments:
+                    output_format: output format to render ("Auto" or "PEP440" or "SemVer")
+                Returns:
                     formated version string
                 """
                 return gitversionhelper.version.doFormatVersion(self,**kwargs)
 
         @classmethod
-        def _getVersionStd(cls,**kwargs):
+        def _getVersionStd(cls,**kwargs) -> str:
             """
             get selected version_std
-            Kwargs:
+            Keyword Arguments:
                 version_std(str): the given version_std (can be None)
-            Return:
+            Returns:
                 Kwargs given version_std or the default one.
             """
             VersionStd = cls.DefaultInputFormat
@@ -339,14 +465,16 @@ class gitversionhelper: # pylint: disable=too-few-public-methods
             return VersionStd
 
         @classmethod
-        def getCurrentVersion(cls,**kwargs) -> Union[str,MetaVersion]:
+        def getCurrentVersion(cls,**kwargs) -> MetaVersion | str :
             """
             get the current version or bump depending of repository state
-            Kwargs:
+            Keyword Arguments:
                 version_std(str): the given version_std (can be None)
                 same_branch(bool): force searching only in the same branch
                 formated_output(bool) : output a formated version string
-            Return:
+                bump_type(str): the given bump_type (can be None)
+                bump_dev_strategy(str): the given bump_dev_strategy (can be None)
+            Returns:
                 the last version
             """
             if gitversionhelper.repository.isDirty() is not False:
@@ -360,42 +488,40 @@ class gitversionhelper: # pylint: disable=too-few-public-methods
 
             if not cls.__versionReseted:
                 amount  = gitversionhelper.tag.getDistanceFromTag(_v.raw,**kwargs)
-                _v = _v.bump(amount,**kwargs)
+                _v = _v.bump(amount,**saved_kwargs)
 
             if ((cls.__OptDict["formated_output"] in kwargs) and (kwargs[cls.__OptDict["formated_output"]] is True)):
                 return _v.doFormatVersion(**kwargs)
             return _v
 
         @classmethod
-        def getLastVersion(cls,**kwargs) -> Union[str,MetaVersion]: # pylint: disable=R0914, R0912, R0915
+        def getCurrentFormatedVersion(cls,**kwargs) -> str :
             """
-            get the last version from tags
-            Kwargs:
+            Same as getCurrentVersion() with formated_output kwarg activated
+            """
+            kwargs["formated_output"]=True
+            return cls.getCurrentVersion(kwargs)
+
+        @classmethod
+        def _parseTag(cls,tag,**kwargs): # pylint: disable=R0914, R0912, R0915
+            """get the last version from tags
+            Arguments:
+                tag: the tag to be parsed
+            Keyword Arguments:
                 version_std(str): the given version_std (can be None)
-                same_branch(bool): force searching only in the same branch
-                formated_output(bool) : output a formated version string
-            Return:
+                ignore_unknown_tags(bool): skip tags with not decoded versions (default to False)
+            Returns:
                 the last version
             """
             VersionStd = cls._getVersionStd(**kwargs)
-
             bAutoVersionStd = False
             if VersionStd == "Auto":
                 bAutoVersionStd = True
-
-            lastTag=cls.MetaVersion.raw
-            cls.__versionReseted = False
-            try:
-                lastTag = gitversionhelper.tag.getLastTag(**kwargs)
-            except gitversionhelper.tag.tagNotFound:
-                logging.warning('tag not found, reseting versionning')
-                cls.__versionReseted = True
-
             bFound = False
             if VersionStd == "SemVer" or (bAutoVersionStd is True) :
                 _r=re.compile(r"^\s*" + cls.VersionStds["SemVer"]["regex"] + r"\s*$",   re.VERBOSE | \
                                                                                         re.IGNORECASE)
-                _m = re.match(_r,lastTag)
+                _m = re.match(_r,tag)
                 if not _m:
                     pass
                 else:
@@ -422,7 +548,7 @@ class gitversionhelper: # pylint: disable=too-few-public-methods
             if VersionStd == "PEP440" or ( (bAutoVersionStd is True)  and (bFound is not True)):
                 _r=re.compile(r"^\s*" + cls.VersionStds["PEP440"]["regex"] + r"\s*$",   re.VERBOSE | \
                                                                                         re.IGNORECASE)
-                _m = re.match(_r,lastTag)
+                _m = re.match(_r,tag)
                 if not _m:
                     pass
                 else:
@@ -440,19 +566,59 @@ class gitversionhelper: # pylint: disable=too-few-public-methods
             if not bFound :
                 raise gitversionhelper.version.noValidVersion("no valid version found in tags")
 
-            _v = cls.MetaVersion(VersionStd, major, minor, patch, pre_count, post_count, lastTag)
+            if pre_count > 0 and post_count > 0:
+                raise cls.PreAndPostVersionUnsupported("can not parse a version with both pre" \
+                                                       " and post release number.")
+            return cls.MetaVersion(VersionStd, major, minor, patch, pre_count, post_count, tag)
+
+        @classmethod
+        def getLastVersion(cls,**kwargs) -> MetaVersion | str : # pylint: disable=R0914, R0912, R0915
+            """get the last version from tags
+            Keyword Arguments:
+                version_std(str): the given version_std (can be None)
+                same_branch(bool): force searching only in the same branch
+                formated_output(bool) : output a formated version string
+                ignore_unknown_tags(bool): skip tags with not decoded versions (default to False)
+            Returns:
+                the last version
+            """
+            lastTag=cls.MetaVersion.raw
+            cls.__versionReseted = False
+            try:
+                lastTag = gitversionhelper.tag.getLastTag(**kwargs)
+            except gitversionhelper.tag.tagNotFound:
+                logging.warning('tag not found, reseting versionning')
+                cls.__versionReseted = True
+
+            _v=None
+            try:
+                _v=cls._parseTag(lastTag,**kwargs)
+            except gitversionhelper.version.noValidVersion as _ex:
+                if ((cls.__OptDict["ignore_unknown_tags"] in kwargs) and (kwargs[cls.__OptDict["ignore_unknown_tags"]] is True)):
+                    tags = gitversionhelper.tag.getTags(sort= "taggerdate",**kwargs)
+                    _v = None
+                    for _tag in tags:
+                        try:
+                            _v=cls._parseTag(_tag,**kwargs)
+                            break
+                        except gitversionhelper.version.noValidVersion:
+                            continue
+                if _v is None:
+                    raise gitversionhelper.version.noValidVersion() from _ex
 
             if ((cls.__OptDict["formated_output"] in kwargs) and (kwargs[cls.__OptDict["formated_output"]] is True)):
                 return _v.doFormatVersion(**kwargs)
             return _v
 
         @classmethod
-        def doFormatVersion(cls,inputversion:MetaVersion,**kwargs):
+        def doFormatVersion(cls,inputversion:MetaVersion,**kwargs) -> str:
             """
             output a formated version string
+            Keyword Arguments:
+                output_format: output format to render ("Auto" or "PEP440" or "SemVer")
             Args:
                 inputversion: version to be rendered
-            Return:
+            Returns:
                 formated version string
             """
 
@@ -473,7 +639,8 @@ class gitversionhelper: # pylint: disable=too-few-public-methods
             if OutputFormat is None:
                 OutputFormat = "{major}.{minor}.{patch}{revpattern}{revcount}"
                 if post_count > 0 and pre_count > 0:
-                    raise RuntimeError("pre and post release can not be present at the same time")
+                    raise gitversionhelper.version.PreAndPostVersionUnsupported("cannot output a version with both pre " \
+                                                                                "and post release number.")
                 if      VersionStd == "PEP440":
                     if post_count > 0:
                         revpattern=".post"
@@ -481,7 +648,8 @@ class gitversionhelper: # pylint: disable=too-few-public-methods
                     elif pre_count > 0:
                         revpattern=".pre"
                         revcount=f"{pre_count}"
-                elif    VersionStd == "SemVer":
+                #elif    VersionStd == "SemVer":
+                else:
                     if post_count > 0:
                         revpattern="+post"
                         revcount=f".{post_count}"