gRPC / Protobuf interface versioning

Question

Let\'s say we use gRCP/Protobuf to connect many application. Those application are developped and released at their own team, with their own speed. Over time there will be d

Answer 1

One way to do this would be to add a custom option and set that option at the top of your .proto file, like this:

option (my_app.version) = 3;

Then in each language you can examine the value of that option and indicate it as your version number.