static String mostRecentSemanticVersion(String version1, String version2) {
        def v1Parts = version1.tokenize('.-')
        def v2Parts = version2.tokenize('.-')

        for (int i = 0; i < Math.max(v1Parts.size(), v2Parts.size()); i++) {
            def v1Part = i < v1Parts.size() ? v1Parts[i] : '0'
            def v2Part = i < v2Parts.size() ? v2Parts[i] : '0'

            def v1Num = v1Part.isNumber() ? v1Part.toInteger() : 0
            def v2Num = v2Part.isNumber() ? v2Part.toInteger() : 0

            if (v1Num != v2Num) {
                return v1Num > v2Num ? version1 : version2
            }

            if (v1Part.isNumber() && !v2Part.isNumber()) {
                return version1
            } else if (!v1Part.isNumber() && v2Part.isNumber()) {
                return version2
            } else if (v1Part != v2Part) {
                return comparePreReleaseIdentifiers(v1Part, v2Part) ? version1 : version2
            }
        }

        // If versions are equal, return the longest version string
        return version1.length() >= version2.length() ? version1 : version2
    }

    static boolean comparePreReleaseIdentifiers(String v1Part, String v2Part) {
        def v1PreRelease = v1Part.replaceAll("\\D", "")
        def v2PreRelease = v2Part.replaceAll("\\D", "")

        return v1PreRelease < v2PreRelease
    }
    
        println mostRecentSemanticVersion("1.2", "1.2.0")           // Output: 1.2.0
        println mostRecentSemanticVersion("1.0", "1")               // Output: 1.0
        println mostRecentSemanticVersion("1.2.0-alpha", "1.2")     // Output: 1.2
        println mostRecentSemanticVersion("1.2.3", "1.2.3")         // Output: 1.2.3
        println mostRecentSemanticVersion("1.2.3-beta", "1.2.3")    // Output: 1.2.3
        println mostRecentSemanticVersion("1.2.3", "1.2.3.4")       // Output: 1.2.3.4
        println mostRecentSemanticVersion("rc-2", "rc-1")           // Output: rc-2
        println mostRecentSemanticVersion("8.7-rc-1", "8.7")        // Output: 8.7
        println mostRecentSemanticVersion("8.7-rc-1", "8.7.2")      // Output: 8.7.2
        println mostRecentSemanticVersion("8.7.2", "8.7.1")         // Output: 8.7.2