.github/: Enforce semantic versioning using semverver (#2635)

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -172,3 +172,34 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Check formatting
       run: cargo fmt -- --check
+
+  rustsemver:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+
+     - name: Cancel Previous Runs
+       uses: styfle/cancel-workflow-action@a40b8845c0683271d9f53dfcb887a7e181d3918b # 0.9.1
+       with:
+        access_token: ${{ github.token }}
+
+     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+     - name: Install Rust nightly-2022-05-16
+       uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
+       with:
+        profile: minimal
+        toolchain: nightly-2022-05-16
+        override: true
+        components: rustc-dev,llvm-tools-preview
+
+     - name: Install CMake
+       run: sudo apt-get install -y cmake
+
+     - name: Install Semverver
+       run: cargo +nightly-2022-05-16 install --git https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-semverver
+
+     - name: Enforce semantic versioning
+       run: cargo semver | tee semver_out
+
+     - name:  Fetch the version in the manifest and Check for semantic versioning errors
+       run: eval "current_version=$(grep -e '^version = .*$' Cargo.toml | cut -d ' ' -f 3)" && (head -n 1 semver_out | grep "\-> $current_version") || (echo "versioning mismatch" && return 1)