Add semver code to tools directory

Ref #736

tools/semver/json.go

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+package semver
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+)
+
+// MarshalJSON implements the encoding/json.Marshaler interface.
+func (v Version) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
+	return json.Marshal(v.String())
+}
+
+// UnmarshalJSON implements the encoding/json.Unmarshaler interface.
+func (v *Version) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) (err error) {
+	var versionString string
+
+	if err = json.Unmarshal(data, &versionString); err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	*v, err = Parse(versionString)
+
+	return
+}