Return the CATMAID version running on the server
catmaid_version(conn = NULL, cached = TRUE, numeric = FALSE, ...)A catmaid_connection object. The default value of NULL
implies that the most recent cached open connection will be used.
Whether to use the cached version number for this connection (see details)
Whether to parse the version string into an R
numeric_version object that can be used for comparisons.
Additional arguments passed to catmaid_fetch
A character vector containing the version
By default the version number for the current
catmaid_connection is stored on the first request after a new
login and then the cached version number is reused. Setting
cached=FALSE will always force a request to the server.
CATMAID versions are now produced by git describe and look like
YYYY.MM.DD-XX-gaaaaaaa where aaaaaaa is a short SHA1 hash and XX is an
integer number of revisions since the last base version. Setting
numeric=TRUE trims off the SHA1 hash leaving a string that can be
interpreted as a four part version number (see examples).
if (FALSE) {
# example of checking if server version is newer than required version
catmaid_version(numeric=TRUE)>="2016.1.1-65"
}