Git Version Generator
Create deterministic semantic-version-like strings with a short hexadecimal commit suffix for release and build examples.
Also known as: git tag · build version
seeded · synthetic data
Output
About this tool, tips & examples
What it does
The Git Version Generator produces version strings in the shapes
delivery tooling emits: semantic-version-like tags with a short
hexadecimal commit suffix (v2.4.1-3f9a2c1 and friends). Choose the
string type, generate up to 1,000 per run, and reuse a seed for stable
fixtures.
Common use cases
- Release UI development — version pickers, changelogs, and “what’s new” screens fed realistic version strings.
- Build metadata fixtures — footer version stamps and about-dialog values for demos and screenshots.
- Version-parsing tests — semver comparison, sorting, and commit-suffix extraction code exercised with varied input.
- CI/CD tooling — tag-shaped values for testing pipelines that parse or generate release identifiers.
Settings
- Type — the version string format to emit.
- How many — 1 to 1,000 values, exportable as text, CSV, or JSON.
- Seed — the same seed and type regenerate the identical list.
Privacy note
Strings are generated locally in your browser; nothing is uploaded. They are synthetic: the commit suffixes correspond to no real commits, and generated versions must never be presented as release provenance, build evidence, or supply-chain metadata.
FAQ
Do these sort correctly as semver?
They follow the major.minor.patch shape, so semver-aware sorting has
realistic material — including the classic trap that plain string
sorting puts 1.10.0 before 1.2.0, which is exactly worth a test.
What’s the hex suffix?
A short git-describe-style commit abbreviation — the format tools like
git describe --tags produce, minus any real repository behind it.
Related tooling data? The Random Git/DevOps generator produces branch names, commit messages, Docker tags, and Kubernetes names; Random Hash emits full commit-hash shaped values.