What does Bump Version stand for?

git version terminology
user80805 picture user80805 · Nov 15, 2010 · Viewed 80.4k times · Source

I saw this comment in git many times. What does it mean actually?

Answer

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams picture Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams · Nov 15, 2010

It means to increment the version number to a new, unique value.

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