Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/8.x-1.18.2' into 9.x-1.19

# Conflicts:
#	runtime/src/main/java/me/shedaniel/rei/RoughlyEnoughItemsInitializer.java
#	runtime/src/main/java/me/shedaniel/rei/impl/client/gui/performance/PerformanceScreen.java

1 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fabric/src/main/java/me/shedaniel/rei/fabric/RoughlyEnoughItemsInitializerImpl.java b/fabric/src/main/java/me/shedaniel/rei/fabric/RoughlyEnoughItemsInitializerImpl.java
index 566b52c22..f683dfb18 100644
--- a/fabric/src/main/java/me/shedaniel/rei/fabric/RoughlyEnoughItemsInitializerImpl.java
+++ b/fabric/src/main/java/me/shedaniel/rei/fabric/RoughlyEnoughItemsInitializerImpl.java
@@ -85,4 +85,24 @@ public class RoughlyEnoughItemsInitializerImpl {
     public static String getMinecraftVersion() {
         return FabricLoader.getInstance().getModContainer("minecraft").get().getMetadata().getVersion().getFriendlyString();
     }
+    
+    public static int compareVersions(String version1, String version2) {
+        Version v1, v2;
+        
+        try {
+            v1 = SemanticVersion.parse(version1);
+        } catch (VersionParsingException e) {
+            new IllegalStateException("Failed to parse version: " + version1, e).printStackTrace();
+            return 0;
+        }
+        
+        try {
+            v2 = SemanticVersion.parse(version2);
+        } catch (VersionParsingException e) {
+            new IllegalStateException("Failed to parse version: " + version2, e).printStackTrace();
+            return 0;
+        }
+        
+        return v1.compareTo(v2);
+    }
 }