+# Version information: major, minor, patch level, database patch level
+#
+# The first three numbers refer to the last released version.
+#
+# The database patch level tracks important changes between releases
+# and must always be increased when there is a change to the database or code
+# that requires a migration.
+#
+# When adding a migration on the development branch, raise the patch level
+# to 99 to make sure that the migration is applied when updating from a
+# patch release to the next minor version. Patch releases usually shouldn't
+# have migrations in them. When they are needed, then make sure that the
+# migration can be reapplied and set the migration version to the appropriate
+# patch level when cherry-picking the commit with the migration.
+#
+# Released versions always have a database patch level of 0.
+NOMINATIM_VERSION = (4, 2, 99, 0)
+
+POSTGRESQL_REQUIRED_VERSION = (9, 6)
+POSTGIS_REQUIRED_VERSION = (2, 2)
+
+# Cmake sets a variable @GIT_HASH@ by executing 'git --log'. It is not run
+# on every execution of 'make'.
+# cmake/tool-installed.tmpl is used to build the binary 'nominatim'. Inside
+# there is a call to set the variable value below.
+GIT_COMMIT_HASH : Optional[str] = None
+
+
+# pylint: disable=consider-using-f-string
+def version_str(version:Tuple[int, int, int, int] = NOMINATIM_VERSION) -> str:
+ """
+ Return a human-readable string of the version.
+ """
+ return '{}.{}.{}-{}'.format(*version)