Auto-increment version number on PR merge into develop

.github/workflows/pull-request-closed.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+on:
+    pull_request:
+        types:
+            - closed
+        branches:
+            - develop
+
+jobs:
+    if_merged:
+        if: github.event.pull_request.merged == true
+        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+        steps:
+        - name: Pull repo
+          uses: actions/checkout@v2
+          with:
+            ref: develop
+        - name: Bump version
+          run: ./.github/workflows/version-bumper.sh ./docs/source/bskVersion.txt
+        - name: Commit and push
+          run: |
+              git config user.name github-actions
+              git config user.email [email protected]
+              git commit -a -m "[AUTO] Bump version number"
+              git push

.github/workflows/version-bumper.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+regex='([0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.)([0-9]+)'
+
+# Read file line by line and process each line
+while IFS= read -r version || [[ -n "$version" ]]; do
+    if [[ $version =~ $regex ]]; then
+        # Extract the last number and increment it by one
+        last_number=${BASH_REMATCH[2]}
+        incremented_number=$((last_number + 1))
+        # Replace the last number in the line
+        updated_version=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}$incremented_number
+        echo "Bumping from $version to $updated_version"
+    else
+        echo "Version $version is not in the format X.Y.Z; not updating version number"
+        exit 0
+    fi
+done < $1
+
+echo "$updated_version" > $1

docs/source/Support/bskReleaseNotes.rst

@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ Version |release|
 - Fixed a bug where the legacy variable logging API would either, not log at all or log at a rate different to the
   requested rate.
 - Fixed a python version checking bug that prevented Basilisk from compiling on Windows
+- Updated versioning to better follow the `semantic versioning <https://semver.org>`_ standard, in the format 
+  ``MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH``. Releases will increment the minor version number, while pull requests into develop will 
+  automatically increment the patch number. This allows users to reference/require specific versions of Basilisk 
+  outside of the release cycle.
 
 Version 2.2.1 (Dec. 22, 2023)
 -----------------------------

docs/source/bskVersion.txt

@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.2.2b0
+2.2.2