Avoid using SemVer instances

Use strings instead. They are easier to serialize and deserialize.

src/analyze.test.ts

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import * as path from "path";
 
 import test from "ava";
 import * as yaml from "js-yaml";
-import { parse } from "semver";
+import { clean } from "semver";
 import sinon from "sinon";
 
 import { runQueries } from "./analyze";
@@ -39,13 +39,13 @@ test("status report fields and search path setting", async (t) => {
       [Language.cpp]: [
         {
           packName: "a/b",
-          version: parse("1.0.0"),
+          version: clean("1.0.0"),
         },
       ],
       [Language.java]: [
         {
           packName: "c/d",
-          version: parse("2.0.0"),
+          version: clean("2.0.0"),
         },
       ],
     } as Packs;

src/analyze.ts

@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ function packWithVersionToQuerySuiteEntry(
 ): string {
   let text = `- qlpack: ${pack.packName}`;
   if (pack.version) {
-    text += `${"\n"}  version: ${pack.version.format()}`;
+    text += `${"\n"}  version: ${pack.version}`;
   }
   return text;
 }

src/config-utils.test.ts

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import * as path from "path";
 
 import * as github from "@actions/github";
 import test, { ExecutionContext } from "ava";
-import { parse } from "semver";
+import { clean } from "semver";
 import sinon from "sinon";
 
 import * as api from "./api-client";
@@ -1027,7 +1027,7 @@ test("Config specifies packages", async (t) => {
       [Language.javascript]: [
         {
           packName: "a/b",
-          version: parse("1.2.3"),
+          version: clean("1.2.3"),
         },
       ],
     });
@@ -1084,13 +1084,13 @@ test("Config specifies packages for multiple languages", async (t) => {
       [Language.javascript]: [
         {
           packName: "a/b",
-          version: parse("1.2.3"),
+          version: clean("1.2.3"),
         },
       ],
       [Language.python]: [
         {
           packName: "c/d",
-          version: parse("1.2.3"),
+          version: clean("1.2.3"),
         },
       ],
     });
@@ -1366,7 +1366,7 @@ test("no packs", parsePacksMacro, undefined, [], {});
 test("two packs", parsePacksMacro, ["a/b", "c/d@1.2.3"], [Language.cpp], {
   [Language.cpp]: [
     { packName: "a/b", version: undefined },
-    { packName: "c/d", version: parse("1.2.3") },
+    { packName: "c/d", version: clean("1.2.3") },
   ],
 });
 test(
@@ -1380,11 +1380,11 @@ test(
   {
     [Language.cpp]: [
       { packName: "a/b", version: undefined },
-      { packName: "c/d", version: parse("1.2.3") },
+      { packName: "c/d", version: clean("1.2.3") },
     ],
     [Language.java]: [
       { packName: "d/e", version: undefined },
-      { packName: "f/g", version: parse("1.2.3") },
+      { packName: "f/g", version: clean("1.2.3") },
     ],
   }
 );

src/config-utils.ts

@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ export interface PackWithVersion {
   /** qualified name of a package reference */
   packName: string;
   /** version of the package, or undefined, which means latest version */
-  version?: semver.SemVer;
+  version?: string;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1072,14 +1072,14 @@ function toPackWithVersion(packStr, configFile: string): PackWithVersion {
     throw new Error(getPacksStrInvalid(packStr, configFile));
   }
   const nameWithVersion = packStr.split("@");
-  let version: semver.SemVer | undefined;
+  let version: string | undefined;
   if (
     nameWithVersion.length > 2 ||
     !PACK_IDENTIFIER_PATTERN.test(nameWithVersion[0])
   ) {
     throw new Error(getPacksStrInvalid(packStr, configFile));
   } else if (nameWithVersion.length === 2) {
-    version = semver.parse(nameWithVersion[1]) || undefined;
+    version = semver.clean(nameWithVersion[1]) || undefined;
     if (!version) {
       throw new Error(getPacksStrInvalid(packStr, configFile));
     }