The text of for that answer is not saying that a person cannot use "vM.m.p", but that "vM.m.p" means semver M.m.p. They even use `git tag v1.2.3 -m "Release version 1.2.3"` as an example.
In the case of Go, the v is a marker that the following is a semver version. On Sun, 2019-02-03 at 02:20 -0800, gudv...@gmail.com wrote: > Many teams use prefix-less tags for versions (both for Go before > modules > and non-Go projects). Not to mention that it's not a valid semver > <https://github.com/semver/semver/blob/master/semver.md#is-v123-a-sem > antic-version> (but > very common though) and thus requirement even less understandable. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
