fix: typo

+ add getCurrentFormatedVersion()

Jenkinsfile

@@ -120,51 +120,132 @@ pipeline {
 				echo("_GITEA_BASE_URL: . . . . . . . . $_GITEA_BASE_URL")
                 echo("GIT_COMMIT:. . . . . . . . . . . $GIT_COMMIT  ")
 				echo("_PROJECT_USER_NAME:. . . . . . . $_PROJECT_USER_NAME")
-				echo("_GITEA_PROJECT_NAME: . . . . . . $_PROJECT_NAME")
+				echo("_PROJECT_NAME: . . . . . . . . . $_PROJECT_NAME")
 				echo("_MaintainerEmail:. . . . . . . . $_MaintainerEmail") 
 				echo("_MaintainerName:. . . . . . . .  $_MaintainerName") 
 
 				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")	
 
-				
 			}
 		}
 
 		stage("GetCode") {
 			steps {
 				dir("gitrepo") {
-					// manually checkout the repository, with All branches and tags
+					// manually checkout the repository, with All branches and tags 
 					// => because we might need them for version and changelog computing
                     checkout([ $class: "GitSCM", 
                                branches: [[name: GIT_BRANCH]], 
                                extensions: [[$class: "CloneOption", noTags: false, shallow: false, depth: 0, reference: '']], 
                                userRemoteConfigs: [[credentialsId: _SCMCredentials, url: GIT_URL]]])
                     script{
+
+                        withCredentials([usernamePassword(credentialsId: _SCMCredentials, passwordVariable: 'GIT_PASSWORD', usernameVariable: 'GIT_USERNAME')]) {
+                            sh("git remote set-url origin https://${GIT_USERNAME}:${GIT_PASSWORD}@chacha.ddns.net/gitea/${_PROJECT_USER_NAME}/${_PROJECT_NAME}.git")
+                        }
+
+                        // using git to get the latest tag on this branch (before processing)
+                        def latestTag_beforeProcessing = sh(returnStdout:  true, script: "git tag --sort=-creatordate | head -n 1").trim()
+                        echo("latestTag_beforeProcessing:. . . . . . . . . . . . $latestTag_beforeProcessing")
+                                               
+                        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())
+                                      
                         if(_GIT_BRANCH=="master")
                         {
                             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 $BUMPED_VERSION")
+                                    sh("git push origin --tags")
+                                }
                             }
                         }
-                    
+                        
-                        // using git to get the latest tag on this branch 
+                        sh(script:   """#!/bin/sh -
-                        def latestTag = sh(returnStdout:  true, script: "git tag --sort=-creatordate | head -n 1").trim()
+                                         |. ~/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())
+                        
+                        latestTag = sh(script:   """#!/bin/sh -
+                                                     |. ~/TOOLS_ENV/bin/activate
+                                                     |exec python - << '__EOWRAPPER__'
+                                                     |
+                                                     |from pygitversionhelper import gitversionhelper
+                                                     |
+                                                     |print(gitversionhelper.tag.getLastTag(same_branch=True),end ="")
+                                                     |
+                                                     |__EOWRAPPER__
+                                                  """.stripMargin(),
+                                       returnStdout: true)
                         echo("latestTag:. . . . . . . . . . . . $latestTag  ")
                         
-                        // using setuptools_git_versioning to get the generated version number based on Git tags and logs
+                        // get current (or bumped) version number from git history
-                        // TODO: read dev_template from toml
                         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(),
@@ -172,16 +253,20 @@ pipeline {
                         echo("PY_PROJECT_VERSION: . . . . . . . . . $PY_PROJECT_VERSION")
                         PY_PROJECT_VERSION_STRIPPED=ExtractBaseVersion(PY_PROJECT_VERSION)
                         
+                        // Manually pushing a new tag with version string guessed by gitversionhelper 
+                        // because setuptools-git-versioning cant fing tag on other branches, so will guess a wring version without this tag.
+                        if(latestTag!=PY_PROJECT_VERSION)
+                        {
+                            sh("git tag $PY_PROJECT_VERSION")
+                            sh("git push origin --tags")
+                        }
+                        
                         // specific handling to test the template itself 
                         // => 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 +473,15 @@ 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 +565,9 @@ 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.
+_A tiny library to help versioning management of git python projects_ 
- 
-This template automate a lot of handy things and allow CI/CD automatic releases generation.
 
-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
-
+    - list tags
-### Generic pipeline skeleton:
+    - get last tag 
-    - Prepare
+    - get last version
-    - GetCode
+    - get current version (bumped)
-    - BuildPackage
+    - convert / switch from SemVer to PEP440 (both ways)
-    - Install
+    - automatic version format detection (SemVer by default)
-    - CheckCode
-    - PlotMetrics
-    - RunUnitTests
-    - GenDOC
-    - PostRelease
     
-### CI/CD Environment
+## Options
-    - Jenkins
+    - restrict to same branch
-    - Gitea (with patch for dynamic Readme variables: https://chacha.ddns.net/gitea/chacha/GiteaMarkupVariable)
+    - both SemVer and PEP440 support
-    - Docker
+    - custom output format
-    - MkDocsWeb
+    - configurable default bump type major, minor, patch or dev
-    
+    - configurable default bump type: post, pre-patch, pre-minor, pre-major
-### CI/CD Helper libs
+    - ignore non-version tag
-    - VirtualEnv
+    - force version format
-    - Changelog generation based on commits
-    - copier
-    - pylint + pylint_json2html
-    - mypy
-    - unittest + xmlrunner + junitparser + junit2htmlreport
-    - mkdocs
 
-### Python project
+## Process
-    - Full .toml implementation
+    - full CI/CD developpment: Gitea / Jenkins + few python libs (pytlint, coverage, unittest, mkdocs)
-    - .whl automatic generation
+    - documentation generated mkdocs and self-hosted
-    - dynamic versionning using git repository
+    - CI/CD on Linux, manually tested in Windows environnement
-    - embedded unit-test

docs-static/usage.md

@@ -1,16 +1,128 @@
 # Usage
 
-## Pulvinar dolor
+## Installation
-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. 
 
-## Condimentum faucibus
+From master repository:
-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. 
 
-## Aliquam lacinia
+    python -m pip install git+https://chacha.ddns.net/gitea/chacha/pygitversionhelper.git@master
-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. 
+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

helpers/quality_check.py

@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class quality_check(helper_withresults_base):
                             '--ignore=_version.py',
                             '--reports=y',
                             '--score=yes',
-                            '--max-line-length=120',
+                            '--max-line-length=140',
                             'src.' + cls.pyproject['project']['name']], exit=False)
                 
             with open(cls.get_result_dir()/"report.json","w+", encoding='utf-8') as Outfile:

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/__init__.py

@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ except PackageNotFoundError: # pragma: no cover
     warnings.warn("can not read __version__, assuming local test context, setting it to ?.?.?")
     __version__ = "?.?.?"
 
-from .gitversionhelper import gitversionhelper
+from .gitversionhelper import gitversionhelper, gitversionhelperException

src/pygitversionhelper/gitversionhelper.py

@@ -1,317 +1,663 @@
+# pygitversionhelper (c) by chacha
+#
+# pygitversionhelper  is licensed under a
+# Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Unported License.
+#
+# 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 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
 import re
 from copy import copy
+import logging
 
 from packaging.version import VERSION_PATTERN as packaging_VERSION_PATTERN
 
-if TYPE_CHECKING:  # Only imports the below statements during type checking
+def _exec(cmd: str, root: str | os.PathLike | None = None, raw:bool = False) -> list[str]:
-    from typing import Union
-
-def _exec(cmd: str, root: str | os.PathLike | None = None) -> list[str]:
     """
-    Helper function to handle system cmd execution
+    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
         
     """
-    try:
+    p = subprocess.run(cmd, text=True, cwd=root, capture_output=True, check=False, timeout=2,shell=True)
-        stdout = subprocess.check_output(cmd, shell=True, text=True, cwd=root)
+    if re.search("not a git repository",p.stderr):
-    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+        raise gitversionhelper.repository.notAGitRepository()
-        stdout = e.output
+    if re.search("fatal:",p.stderr):    #pragma: nocover
-    lines = stdout.splitlines()
+        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()]
 
-class gitversionhelper: # pylint: disable=too-few-public-methods 
+class gitversionhelperException(Exception):
     """
-    Main gitversionhelper class
+    general Module Exception
     """
+
+class gitversionhelper: # pylint: disable=too-few-public-methods
+    """
+    main gitversionhelper class
+    """
+    class wrongArguments(gitversionhelperException):
+        """
+        wrong argument generic exception
+        """
+
+    class unknownGITError(gitversionhelperException):
+        """
+        unknown git error generic exception
+        """
+
+    class unknownGITFatalError(unknownGITError):
+        """
+        unknown fatal git error generic exception
+        """
+
     class repository:
         """
         class containing methods focusing on repository
         """
+        class repositoryException(gitversionhelperException):
+            """
+            generic repository exeption
+            """
+
+        class notAGitRepository(repositoryException):
+            """
+            not a git repository exception
+            """
+
+        class repositoryDirty(repositoryException):
+            """
+            dirty repository exception
+            """
+
         @classmethod
         def isDirty(cls) -> bool:
             """
-            Check if the repository is in dirty state
+            check if the repository is in dirty state
-            Return:
+            Returns:
                 True if it is dirty
             """
-            return True if _exec(f"git status --short") else False
+            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:
         """
         class containing methods focusing on tags
         """
         __OptDict = {"same_branch": "same_branch"}
         __validGitTagSort=["","v:refname","-v:refname","taggerdate","committerdate","-taggerdate","-committerdate"]
+
+        class tagException(gitversionhelperException):
+            """
+            generic tag exception
+            """
+
+        class tagNotFound(tagException):
+            """
+            tag not found exception
+            """
+
+        class moreThanOneTag(tagException):
+            """
+            more than one tag exception
+            """
+
         @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 RuntimeError("sort option not in allowed list")
+                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:
-            f"""
+            """
             retrieve the last tag from a repository
-            Arguments:
+            Keyword Arguments:
-                sort: sorting constraints (git format)
+                same_branch(bool): force searching only in the same branch
-            Kwargs:
+            Returns:
-                {cls.__OptDict["same_branch"]}: force searching only in the same branch
-            Return:
                 the tag
             """
             if ((cls.__OptDict["same_branch"] in kwargs) and (kwargs[cls.__OptDict["same_branch"]] is True)):
-                return _exec("git describe --tags --abbrev=0")[0]
+                res = _exec("git describe --tags --first-parent --abbrev=0")
-            tag = _exec("git rev-list --tags --max-count=1")
+            else:
-            return _exec(f"git describe --tags {tag[0]}")[0]
+                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: #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:
-            f"""
+            """
-            retrieve the distance from tag in the repository
+            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:
-                {cls.__OptDict["same_branch"]}: force searching only in the same branch
+                same_branch(bool): force searching only in the same branch
-            Return:
+            Returns:
                 the tag
             """
-            if (tag is None):
+            if tag is None:
                 tag = cls.getLastTag(**kwargs)
             return int(_exec(f"git rev-list {tag}..HEAD --count")[0])
-        
+
     class version:
         """
         class containing methods focusing on versions
         """
         __OptDict = {   "version_std":      "version_std",
                         "formated_output":  "formated_output",
-                        "output_format":    "output_format"}
+                        "output_format":    "output_format",
-        DefaultInputFormat = "PEP440"
+                        "ignore_unknown_tags":  "ignore_unknown_tags"}
-        VersionStds    = { "SemVer" : { "regex" :               r"^(?P<major>0|[1-9]\d*)\.(?P<minor>0|[1-9]\d*)\.(?P<patch>0|[1-9]\d*)(?:-(?P<prerelease>(?:0|[1-9]\d*|\d*[a-zA-Z-][0-9a-zA-Z-]*)(?:\.(?:0|[1-9]\d*|\d*[a-zA-Z-][0-9a-zA-Z-]*))*))?(?:\+(?P<buildmetadata>[0-9a-zA-Z-]+(?:\.[0-9a-zA-Z-]+)*))?$"},
+        DefaultInputFormat = "Auto"
-                           "PEP440" : { "regex" :               packaging_VERSION_PATTERN }
+        VersionStds    = { "SemVer" : { "regex" :               r"^(?P<major>0|[1-9]\d*)\.(?P<minor>0|[1-9]\d*)\.(?P<patch>0|[1-9]\d*)"\
+                                                                r"(?:-(?P<prerelease>(?:0|[1-9]\d*|\d*[a-zA-Z-][0-9a-zA-Z-]*)"\
+                                                                r"(?:\.(?:0|[1-9]\d*|\d*[a-zA-Z-][0-9a-zA-Z-]*))*))?"\
+                                                                r"(?:\+(?P<buildmetadata>[0-9a-zA-Z-]+(?:\.[0-9a-zA-Z-]+)*))?$",
+                                        "regex_preversion_num": r"(?:\.)(?P<num>(?:\d+(?!\w))+)",
+                                        "regex_build_num"     : r"(?:\.)(?P<num>(?:\d+(?!\w))+)"
+                                                                },
+                           "PEP440" : { "regex" :               packaging_VERSION_PATTERN,
+                           "Auto"   : None
+                           }
         }
-        
+        __versionReseted = False
+        class versionException(gitversionhelperException):
+            """
+            generic version exception
+            """
+
+        class noValidVersion(versionException):
+            """
+            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","force_post","force_pre"]
+            BumpDevStrategys            = ["post","pre-patch","pre-minor","pre-major"]
-            major: int      = 0
+
-            minor: int      = 1
+            version_std: str    = "None"
-            patch: int      = 0
+            major: int          = 0
-            pre_count:int   = 0
+            minor: int          = 1
-            post_count:int  = 0
+            patch: int          = 0
-            raw:str         = "0.1.0"
+            pre_count:int       = 0
-            
+            post_count:int      = 0
-            def __init__(self,major=0,minor=1,patch=0,pre_count=0,post_count=0,raw="0.1.0"):
+            raw:str             = "0.1.0"
-                self.major,self.minor,self.patch,self.pre_count,self.post_count,self.raw = major,minor,patch,pre_count,post_count,raw
+
-                
+            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
+                self.major       = major
+                self.minor       = minor
+                self.patch       = patch
+                self.pre_count   = pre_count
+                self.post_count  = post_count
+                self.raw         = raw
+
             @classmethod
             def _getBumpDevStrategy(cls,**kwargs) -> str:
-                f"""
+                """
                 get selected bump_dev_strategy
-                Kwargs:
+                Keyword Arguments:
-                    {cls.__OptDict["bump_dev_strategy"]}: the given bump_dev_strategy (can be None)
+                    bump_dev_strategy(str): the given bump_dev_strategy (can be None)
-                Return:
+                Returns:
-                    Kwargs given {cls.__OptDict["bump_dev_strategy"]} or the default one.
+                    Kwargs given bump_dev_strategy or the default one.
                 """
                 BumpDevStrategy = cls.DefaultBumpDevStrategy
-                if (cls.__OptDict["bump_dev_strategy"] in kwargs):
+                if cls.__OptDict["bump_dev_strategy"] in kwargs:
                     if kwargs[cls.__OptDict["bump_dev_strategy"]] in cls.BumpDevStrategys:
                         BumpDevStrategy = kwargs[cls.__OptDict["bump_dev_strategy"]]
                     else:
-                        raise RuntimeError(f"invalid {cls.__OptDict['bump_type']} requested")
+                        raise gitversionhelper.wrongArguments(f"invalid {cls.__OptDict['bump_type']} requested")
                 return BumpDevStrategy
-            
+
             @classmethod
             def _getBumpType(cls,**kwargs) -> str:
-                f"""
+                """
                 get selected bump_type
-                Kwargs:
+                Keyword Arguments:
-                    {cls.__OptDict["bump_type"]}: the given bump_type (can be None)
+                    bump_type(str): the given bump_type (can be None)
-                Return:
+                Returns:
-                    Kwargs given {cls.__OptDict["bump_type"]} or the default one.
+                    Kwargs given bump_type or the default one.
                 """
                 BumpType = cls.DefaultBumpType
-                if (cls.__OptDict["bump_type"] in kwargs):
+                if cls.__OptDict["bump_type"] in kwargs:
                     if kwargs[cls.__OptDict["bump_type"]] in cls.BumpTypes:
                         BumpType = kwargs[cls.__OptDict["bump_type"]]
                     else:
-                        raise RuntimeError(f"invalid {cls.__OptDict['bump_type']} requested")
+                        raise gitversionhelper.wrongArguments(f"invalid {cls.__OptDict['bump_type']} requested")
                 return BumpType
-            
+
-            def bump(self,**kwargs):
+            def bump(self,amount:int=1,**kwargs) -> gitversionhelper.version.MetaVersion | str : # pylint: disable=R0912
-                f"""
+                """
                 bump the version to the next one
-                Kwargs:
+                Keyword Arguments:
-                    {cls.__OptDict["bump_type"]}: the given bump_type (can be None)
+                    bump_type(str): the given bump_type (can be None)
-                    {cls.__OptDict["bump_dev_strategy"]}: the given bump_dev_strategy (can be None)
+                    bump_dev_strategy(str): the given bump_dev_strategy (can be None)
-                Return:
+                Returns:
                     the bumped version
                 """
                 BumpType = self._getBumpType(**kwargs)
                 BumpDevStrategy=self._getBumpDevStrategy(**kwargs)
                 _v=copy(self)
-                if BumpType is "dev":
+
-                    if BumpDevStrategy is "post":
+                if BumpType == "dev":
+                    if BumpDevStrategy == "post":
                         if _v.pre_count > 0:
-                            _v.pre_count = _v.pre_count + 1
+                            _v.pre_count = _v.pre_count + amount
                         else:
-                            _v.post_count = _v.post_count + 1
+                            _v.post_count = _v.post_count + amount
-                    elif BumpDevStrategy is "pre":
+                    #elif BumpDevStrategy in ["pre-patch","pre-minor","pre-major"]:
+                    else:
                         if _v.post_count > 0:
-                            _v.post_count = _v.post_count + 1
+                            _v.post_count = _v.post_count + amount
                         else:
-                            _v.pre_count = _v.pre_count + 1
+                            if _v.pre_count == 0:
-                    elif BumpDevStrategy is "force_post":
+                                if BumpDevStrategy == "pre-patch":
-                        pass
+                                    _v.patch = _v.patch + 1
-                    elif BumpDevStrategy is "force_pre":
+                                elif BumpDevStrategy == "pre-minor":
-                        pass
+                                    _v.minor = _v.minor + 1
+                                    _v.patch = 0
+                                #elif BumpDevStrategy == "pre-major":
+                                else:
+                                    _v.major = _v.major + 1
+                                    _v.minor = 0
+                                    _v.patch = 0
+                            _v.pre_count = _v.pre_count + amount
                 else:
-                    if BumpType is "major":
+                    if BumpType == "major":
-                        _v.major = _v.major + 1
+                        _v.major = _v.major + amount
-                    elif BumpType is "minor":
+                    elif BumpType == "minor":
-                        _v.minor = _v.minor + 1
+                        _v.minor = _v.minor + amount
-                    elif BumpType is "patch":
+                    #elif BumpType == "patch":
-                        _v.patch = _v.patch + 1
+                    else:
+                        _v.patch = _v.patch + amount
                     _v.pre_count=0
                     _v.post_count=0
-                
+                _v.raw=_v.doFormatVersion(**kwargs)
-                _v.raw="{major}.{minor}.{patch}{revpattern}{revcount}".format(major=_v.major,minor=_v.minor,patch=_v.patch,revpattern="",revcount="")
+
+                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
+                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
+            Keyword Arguments:
+                version_std(str): the given version_std (can be None)
+            Returns:
+                Kwargs given version_std or the default one.
             """
             VersionStd = cls.DefaultInputFormat
-            if (cls.__OptDict["version_std"] in kwargs):
+            if cls.__OptDict["version_std"] in kwargs:
                 if kwargs[cls.__OptDict["version_std"]] in cls.VersionStds:
                     VersionStd = kwargs[cls.__OptDict["version_std"]]
                 else:
-                    raise RuntimeError(f"invalid {cls.__OptDict['version_std']} requested")
+                    raise gitversionhelper.wrongArguments(f"invalid {cls.__OptDict['version_std']} requested")
             return VersionStd
-            
+
         @classmethod
-        def getLastVersion(cls,**kwargs):
+        def getCurrentVersion(cls,**kwargs) -> MetaVersion | str :
             """
-            get last version from git tags
+            get the current version or bump depending of repository state
+            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
+                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
             """
-            VersionStd = cls._getVersionStd(**kwargs)
+            if gitversionhelper.repository.isDirty() is not False:
-            _r=re.compile(r"^\s*" + cls.VersionStds[VersionStd]["regex"] + r"\s*$", re.VERBOSE | re.IGNORECASE)
+                raise gitversionhelper.repository.repositoryDirty(  "The repository is dirty and a current version" \
-            
+                                                                    " can not be generated.")
-            lastTag = gitversionhelper.tag.getLastTag(**kwargs)
+            saved_kwargs = copy(kwargs)
-            
+            if "formated_output" in kwargs:
-            _m = re.match(_r,lastTag)
+                del saved_kwargs["formated_output"]
-            if not _m:
+
-                raise RuntimeError("no valid version found in tags")
+            _v = cls.getLastVersion(**saved_kwargs)
-            if VersionStd is "PEP440":
+
-                ver=_m.group("release").split(".")
+            if not cls.__versionReseted:
-                ver += ["0"] * (3 - len(ver))
+                amount  = gitversionhelper.tag.getDistanceFromTag(_v.raw,**kwargs)
-                ver[0]=int(ver[0])
+                _v = _v.bump(amount,**saved_kwargs)
-                ver[1]=int(ver[1])
+
-                ver[2]=int(ver[2])
-                major, minor, patch = tuple(ver)
-                pre_count  = int(_m.group("pre_n")) if _m.group("pre_n") else 0
-                post_count = int(_m.group("post_n2")) if _m.group("post_n2") else 0
-            elif VersionStd is "SemVer":
-                major, minor, patch = int(_m.group("major")),int(_m.group("minor")),int(_m.group("patch")),(_m.group("prerelease") if _m.group("prerelease") else ""), ""
-                pre_count  = 0
-                post_count = 0
-                
-            _v = cls.MetaVersion(major, minor, patch,  pre_count,  post_count, lastTag)
-            
             if ((cls.__OptDict["formated_output"] in kwargs) and (kwargs[cls.__OptDict["formated_output"]] is True)):
-                return cls.doFormatVersion(_v,**kwargs)
+                return _v.doFormatVersion(**kwargs)
-            else:
+            return _v
-                return _v
+
-        
         @classmethod
-        def doFormatVersion(cls,inputversion:MetaVersion,**kwargs):
+        def getCurrentFormatedVersion(cls,**kwargs) -> str :
             """
-            output a formated version
+            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)
+                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
+            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,tag)
+                if not _m:
+                    pass
+                else:
+                    major, minor, patch =   int(_m.group("major")),\
+                                            int(_m.group("minor")),\
+                                            int(_m.group("patch"))
+
+                    pre_count = 0
+                    if _pre := _m.group("prerelease"):
+                        if (_match := re.search (cls.VersionStds["SemVer"]["regex_preversion_num"],_pre)) is not None:
+                            pre_count = int(_match.group("num"))
+                        else:
+                            pre_count = 1
+
+                    post_count = 0
+                    if _post := _m.group("buildmetadata"):
+                        if (_match := re.search (cls.VersionStds["SemVer"]["regex_build_num"],_post)) is not None:
+                            post_count = int(_match.group("num"))
+                        else:
+                            post_count = 1
+                    bFound = True
+                    VersionStd = "SemVer"
+
+            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,tag)
+                if not _m:
+                    pass
+                else:
+                    ver=_m.group("release").split(".")
+                    ver += ["0"] * (3 - len(ver))
+                    ver[0]=int(ver[0])
+                    ver[1]=int(ver[1])
+                    ver[2]=int(ver[2])
+                    major, minor, patch = tuple(ver)
+                    pre_count  = int(_m.group("pre_n")) if _m.group("pre_n") else 0
+                    post_count = int(_m.group("post_n2")) if _m.group("post_n2") else 0
+                    bFound = True
+                    VersionStd = "PEP440"
+
+            if not bFound :
+                raise gitversionhelper.version.noValidVersion("no valid version found in tags")
+
+            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) -> 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
+            Returns:
+                formated version string
+            """
+
+            VersionStd = cls._getVersionStd(**kwargs)
+            if VersionStd=="Auto" :
+                VersionStd = inputversion.version_std
+
             OutputFormat = None
             revpattern=""
             revcount=""
             post_count = inputversion.post_count
             pre_count  = inputversion.pre_count
             patch      = inputversion.patch
-            if (cls.__OptDict["output_format"] in kwargs):
+
+            if cls.__OptDict["output_format"] in kwargs:
                 OutputFormat=kwargs[cls.__OptDict["output_format"]]
+
             if OutputFormat is None:
-                if      VersionStd is "PEP440":
+                OutputFormat = "{major}.{minor}.{patch}{revpattern}{revcount}"
-                    OutputFormat = "{major}.{minor}.{patch}{revpattern}{revcount}"
+                if post_count > 0 and pre_count > 0:
+                    raise gitversionhelper.version.PreAndPostVersionUnsupported("cannot output a version with both pre " \
+                                                                                "and post release number.")
+                if      VersionStd == "PEP440":
                     if post_count > 0:
                         revpattern=".post"
                         revcount=f"{post_count}"
-                elif    VersionStd is "SemVer":
+                    elif pre_count > 0:
-                    OutputFormat = "{major}.{minor}.{patch}{revpattern}{revcount}"
+                        revpattern=".pre"
-                    if post_count > 0:
-                        pre_count = pre_count + post_count
-                        post_count = 0
-                        patch = patch + 1
-                    if pre_count > 0:
-                        revpattern="-pre"
                         revcount=f"{pre_count}"
-
+                #elif    VersionStd == "SemVer":
-            return OutputFormat.format(major=inputversion.major,minor=inputversion.minor,patch=patch,revpattern=revpattern,revcount=revcount)
+                else:
-
+                    if post_count > 0:
-        
+                        revpattern="+post"
-
+                        revcount=f".{post_count}"
-
+                    elif pre_count > 0:
-
+                        revpattern="-pre"
-#print(gitversionhelper.head.isDirty())
+                        revcount=f".{pre_count}"
-#print(gitversionhelper.tag.getTags())
+            return OutputFormat.format( major=inputversion.major, \
-#print(gitversionhelper.tag.getLastTag())
+                                        minor=inputversion.minor, \
-#print(gitversionhelper.tag.getLastTag(same_branch=True))
+                                        patch=patch,              \
-#print(gitversionhelper.tag.getDistanceFromLastTag())
+                                        revpattern=revpattern,    \
-#print(gitversionhelper.tag.getDistanceFromLastTag(same_branch=True))
+                                        revcount=revcount)
-
-#print(gitversionhelper.version.getLastVersion())
-#print(gitversionhelper.version.getLastVersion(same_branch=True,version_std="PEP440"))
-#print(gitversionhelper.version.getLastVersion(same_branch=True,version_std="PEP440"))
-#print(gitversionhelper.version.getLastVersion(same_branch=False,version_std="PEP440"))
-#print(gitversionhelper.version.getLastVersion(same_branch=True,version_std="PEP440",formated_output=True))
-#print(gitversionhelper.version.getLastVersion(same_branch=True,version_std="PEP440",formated_output=True,output_format="v{major}.{minor}.{patch}"))
-#print(gitversionhelper.version.getLastVersion(same_branch=False,version_std="PEP440").bump())
-#print("")
-#print(gitversionhelper.version.getLastVersion(same_branch=False,version_std="PEP440").bump(bump_type="dev").doFormatVersion(version_std="SemVer"))
-#print(gitversionhelper.version.getLastVersion(same_branch=False,version_std="PEP440").bump(bump_type="patch").doFormatVersion(version_std="SemVer"))
-#print(gitversionhelper.version.getLastVersion(same_branch=False,version_std="PEP440").bump(bump_type="minor").doFormatVersion(version_std="SemVer"))
-#print(gitversionhelper.version.getLastVersion(same_branch=False,version_std="PEP440").bump(bump_type="major").doFormatVersion(version_std="SemVer"))
-#print("")
-#print(gitversionhelper.version.getLastVersion(same_branch=False,version_std="PEP440").bump(bump_type="dev").doFormatVersion(version_std="PEP440"))
-#print(gitversionhelper.version.getLastVersion(same_branch=False,version_std="PEP440").bump(bump_type="patch").doFormatVersion(version_std="PEP440"))
-#print(gitversionhelper.version.getLastVersion(same_branch=False,version_std="PEP440").bump(bump_type="minor").doFormatVersion(version_std="PEP440"))
-#print(gitversionhelper.version.getLastVersion(same_branch=False,version_std="PEP440").bump(bump_type="major").doFormatVersion(version_std="PEP440"))
-
-#from setuptools_git_versioning import version_from_git
-#print(str(version_from_git(tag_filter="^\d+\.\d+\.\d+$",dev_template = "{tag}.post{ccount}",sort_by="v:refname")),end ="")