- iterates all possible versions in order where version is defined as x.x.x-SNAPSHOT
- x's are integers from 0-99 (except for the leftmost x which is 0-infinity)
- -SNAPSHOT is a string that is either there or not
- the first version is 0.0.0-SNAPSHOT
- the second version is 0.0.0
- the third version is 0.0.1-SNAPSHOT
- the fourth version is 0.0.1
- more versions......
- 0.1.1-SNAPSHOT
- 0.1.1
- .........
- 1.2.99
- 1.3.0-SNAPSHOT
- convert each version to a string if it isn't one already
- sha256 the string version
- take the first 8 bytes
- base64 encode the bytes
- find the first version starting from 0.0.0-SNAPSHOT in order that is a duplicate of another version