From b2e162b844e78f7e4574f87879c1dc7e0b1dbb6b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gilbert Sanchez <me@gilbertsanchez.com>
Date: Tue, 26 May 2026 15:30:34 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix: add PS5.1 SemanticVersion shim so
 Resolve-ModuleVersionString returns consistent type (#460)

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 .../Private/Initialize-SemanticVersion.ps1    | 20 +++++++++++++++++++
 .../Private/Resolve-ModuleVersionString.ps1   | 16 ++++-----------
 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 Plaster/Private/Initialize-SemanticVersion.ps1

diff --git a/Plaster/Private/Initialize-SemanticVersion.ps1 b/Plaster/Private/Initialize-SemanticVersion.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c1777a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Plaster/Private/Initialize-SemanticVersion.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+if (-not ([System.Management.Automation.PSTypeName]'System.Management.Automation.SemanticVersion').Type) {
+    Add-Type -TypeDefinition @'
+namespace System.Management.Automation {
+    public class SemanticVersion {
+        public int Major { get; private set; }
+        public int Minor { get; private set; }
+        public int Patch { get; private set; }
+        public SemanticVersion(string version) {
+            var parts = version.Split('.');
+            Major = int.Parse(parts[0]);
+            Minor = parts.Length > 1 ? int.Parse(parts[1]) : 0;
+            Patch = parts.Length > 2 ? int.Parse(parts[2]) : 0;
+        }
+        public override string ToString() {
+            return Major + "." + Minor + "." + Patch;
+        }
+    }
+}
+'@
+}
diff --git a/Plaster/Private/Resolve-ModuleVersionString.ps1 b/Plaster/Private/Resolve-ModuleVersionString.ps1
index f451aad..b195e51 100644
--- a/Plaster/Private/Resolve-ModuleVersionString.ps1
+++ b/Plaster/Private/Resolve-ModuleVersionString.ps1
@@ -36,17 +36,9 @@ function Resolve-ModuleVersionString {
         $VersionString = "$VersionString.0"
     }
 
-    if ($PSVersionTable.PSEdition -eq "Core") {
-        $newObjectSplat = @{
-            TypeName = "System.Management.Automation.SemanticVersion"
-            ArgumentList = $VersionString
-        }
-        return New-Object @newObjectSplat
-    } else {
-        $newObjectSplat = @{
-            TypeName = "System.Version"
-            ArgumentList = $VersionString
-        }
-        return New-Object @newObjectSplat
+    $newObjectSplat = @{
+        TypeName = "System.Management.Automation.SemanticVersion"
+        ArgumentList = $VersionString
     }
+    return New-Object @newObjectSplat
 }