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@@ -227,6 +227,9 @@ The Solidity version string contains four parts:
If there are local modifications, the commit will be postfixed with ``.mod``.
+These parts are combined as required by Semver, where the Solidity pre-release tag equals to the Semver pre-release
+and the Solidity commit and platform combined make up the Semver build metadata.
+
A relase example: ``0.4.8+commit.60cc1668.Emscripten.clang``.
A pre-release example: ``0.4.9-nightly.2017.1.17+commit.6ecb4aa3.Emscripten.clang``