1versionsort.prereleaseSuffix (deprecated):: 2 Deprecated alias for `versionsort.suffix`. Ignored if 3 `versionsort.suffix` is set. 4 5versionsort.suffix:: 6 Even when version sort is used in linkgit:git-tag[1], tagnames 7 with the same base version but different suffixes are still sorted 8 lexicographically, resulting e.g. in prerelease tags appearing 9 after the main release (e.g. "1.0-rc1" after "1.0"). This 10 variable can be specified to determine the sorting order of tags 11 with different suffixes. 12+ 13By specifying a single suffix in this variable, any tagname containing 14that suffix will appear before the corresponding main release. E.g. if 15the variable is set to "-rc", then all "1.0-rcX" tags will appear before 16"1.0". If specified multiple times, once per suffix, then the order of 17suffixes in the configuration will determine the sorting order of tagnames 18with those suffixes. E.g. if "-pre" appears before "-rc" in the 19configuration, then all "1.0-preX" tags will be listed before any 20"1.0-rcX" tags. The placement of the main release tag relative to tags 21with various suffixes can be determined by specifying the empty suffix 22among those other suffixes. E.g. if the suffixes "-rc", "", "-ck" and 23"-bfs" appear in the configuration in this order, then all "v4.8-rcX" tags 24are listed first, followed by "v4.8", then "v4.8-ckX" and finally 25"v4.8-bfsX". 26+ 27If more than one suffixes match the same tagname, then that tagname will 28be sorted according to the suffix which starts at the earliest position in 29the tagname. If more than one different matching suffixes start at 30that earliest position, then that tagname will be sorted according to the 31longest of those suffixes. 32The sorting order between different suffixes is undefined if they are 33in multiple config files.