Author is the git/scm entity responsible for the new commit hash (dev pushes/merges, service account fixes bad package).

Branch is the git/scm branch name.

BuildHost is the hostname/ci runner that build the artifact.

Date is the day/time (UTC) the build was created.

Prerelease the name of a possible release candidate, ex: 2.1.0-rc.1, 1.0.0-alpha, 3.3.0-beta note: only supply the prelease name here (rc.1, alpha, beta, etc.) Prerelease is suffixed onto the Version https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html#spec-item-9.

SHA is the git/scm commit sha/hash.

ShortSHA is the short git/scm commit sha/hash (git rev-parse --short HEAD 7 CHARS).

Version is the full Version, SemVer with optional supporting build metadata (1.0.0.2) TODO Fix this to follow the SemVer spec here: https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html#spec-item-10 Need to fix the artifact querier to split on '+' for build version and '-' for Prerelease.