Note in the version guide that version blocks can nest

Stonecutter 0.9 writes an inactive block inside another as /^ ... ^/,
so nesting works (GlassRenderer relies on it since 26.1). else if is
still clearer for several ranges of the same code.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <[email protected]>
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@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ When a newer version leaves something out that an older one implements, keep the
A whole class that only exists for some versions (such as `MatrixStackMixin`, which only makes sense before 1.21.6's GUI rewrite) can keep an empty class body on the other versions. Before splitting a class like that, look for a hook that works on every version: nametags used to hook label rendering, which 1.21.9 changed, and now replace the name while the render state is built (`LivingEntityRendererMixin`), with no version condition at all. An empty mixin changes nothing, and it keeps the mixin configs the same for every version, since JSON can't hold version comments.
Inactive code sits inside a `/* … */` comment, so it can't contain `/* … */` comments itself: use `//` comments in code that's only active for some versions. For the same reason, don't nest multi-line version blocks; use `//?} else if <condition> {` for more than two version ranges, as in `PlayerEntityRendererMixin` and `SaturnRenderState`.
Inactive code sits inside a `/* … */` comment, so it can't contain `/* … */` comments itself: use `//` comments in code that's only active for some versions. Version blocks can nest (Stonecutter writes an inactive block inside another as `/^ … ^/`, as in `GlassRenderer`), but for more than two ranges of the same thing, prefer `//?} else if <condition> {`, as in `PlayerEntityRendererMixin` and `SaturnRenderState`.
- `./gradlew "Set active project to <mc>"` (or the Stonecutter IntelliJ plugin) rewrites `src/` so that version's code is the uncommented one, for editing it in the IDE.
- `./gradlew "Reset active project"` switches back to 1.21.11. **Run it before committing**, so `src/` is always committed with 1.21.11 active.