Shorthand for syntax like '>= 6.1.0-0 <= 6.1.0'?

[NickHeiner]

When I am working on a feature branch, I set the semver to be a pre-release of what version the code will be at when the branch is merged into master. (So if I'm starting at 6.0.0 and adding a feature, I set the semver to be 6.1.0-0 and increment the build tag as necessary.) When I point other dependents to use this branch to test it out, I want a semver that says 'use this version or any pre-releases thereof'. Would it be possible to get some shorthand for that case?

[isaacs]

That's sort of what ~ does.

> semver.satisfies('1.2.3-asdf', '~1.2.3')
true

This also matches patch releases, though, I'm not sure if that works for your purposes:

> semver.satisfies('1.2.4', '~1.2.3')
true

[isaacs]

If you really want this today, just do this: ~6.0.0 <6.0.1

[NickHeiner]

Yeah, I was hoping that ~1.2.1 would be equivalent to >= 1.2.1-0 <= 1.2.1, but it's not.

[isaacs]

See #38, where the exact opposite assumption is made.

You cannot please everyone. ~ is a nice midway point, and works the same in node-semver as ~> does in rubygems. It's not changing now.

[NickHeiner]

Yep, that makes sense.