changes log

7.3.0

Add subset(r1, r2) method to determine if r1 range is entirely contained by r2 range.

7.2.3

Fix handling of includePrelease mode where version ranges like 1.0.0 - 2.0.0 would include 3.0.0-pre and not 1.0.0-pre.

7.2.2

Fix bug where 2.0.0-pre would be included in ^1.0.0 if includePrerelease was set to true.

7.2.0

Add simplifyRange method to attempt to generate a more human-readable range expression that is equivalent to a supplied range, for a given set of versions.

7.1.2

Remove fancy lazy-loading logic, as it was causing problems for webpack users.

7.1.0

Add require('semver/preload') to load the entire module without using lazy getter methods.

7.0.0

Refactor module into separate files for better tree-shaking
Drop support for very old node versions, use const/let, => functions, and classes.

6.3.0

Expose the token enum on the exports

6.2.0

Coerce numbers to strings when passed to semver.coerce()
Add rtl option to coerce from right to left

6.1.3

Handle X-ranges properly in includePrerelease mode

6.1.2

Do not throw when testing invalid version strings

6.1.1

Add options support for semver.coerce()
Handle undefined version passed to Range.test

6.1.0

Add semver.compareBuild function
Support * in semver.intersects

6.0

Fix intersects logic.

This is technically a bug fix, but since it is also a change to behavior that may require users updating their code, it is marked as a major version increment.

5.7

Add minVersion method

5.6

Move boolean loose param to an options object, with backwards-compatibility protection.
Add ability to opt out of special prerelease version handling with the includePrerelease option flag.

5.5

Add version coercion capabilities

5.4

Add intersection checking

5.3

Add minSatisfying method

5.2

Add prerelease(v) that returns prerelease components

5.1

Add Backus-Naur for ranges
Remove excessively cute inspection methods

5.0

Remove AMD/Browserified build artifacts
Fix ltr and gtr when using the * range
Fix for range * with a prerelease identifier