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| author | ShadowNinja <shadowninja@minetest.net> | 2014-05-06 22:31:35 -0400 |
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| committer | Auke Kok <sofar+github@foo-projects.org> | 2016-10-31 21:53:00 -0700 |
| commit | 7607b0ac2065a50a9b68b22909ab40738f2d08e8 (patch) | |
| tree | 5c806ccbe408463890342599b675b492d63c5162 /doc | |
| parent | 70e2df4f86cf4101a10c7e1f7a6ac5cc03992793 (diff) | |
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Add version API
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diff --git a/doc/lua_api.txt b/doc/lua_api.txt index da90f93d2..497864fac 100644 --- a/doc/lua_api.txt +++ b/doc/lua_api.txt @@ -1908,6 +1908,17 @@ Helper functions * nil: return all entries, * true: return only subdirectory names, or * false: return only file names. +* `minetest.get_version()`: returns a table containing components of the + engine version. Components: + * `project`: Name of the project, eg, "Minetest" + * `string`: Simple version, eg, "1.2.3-dev" + * `hash`: Full git version (only set if available), eg, "1.2.3-dev-01234567-dirty" + Use this for informational purposes only. The information in the returned + table does not represent the capabilities of the engine, nor is it + reliable or verifyable. Compatible forks will have a different name and + version entirely. To check for the presence of engine features, test + whether the functions exported by the wanted features exist. For example: + `if core.nodeupdate then ... end`. ### Logging * `minetest.debug(...)` |