Difference between tilde(~) and caret(^) in package.json
Tilde (~) notation :- It is used to match the latest patch version and will freeze the major and minor versions.
Realtime use case : Adding ~ to the version like "body-parser": "~1.19.0", will update all the future patch updates. For example, 1.19.1, 1.19.2, 1.19.3……………1.19.x.
Caret (^) notation :- Adding ^ to the package Will automatically update both minor and patch updates.
Realtime use case : Adding ^ to the version like "body-parser": "^1.19.0", will update all the minor and patch updates for the respective package. For example, 1.x.x.
Semantic Versioning Format:
Major: Backward-Incompatible Changes
Minor: Backward-compatible - New Features
Patch: Backward-compatible - Bug Fixes
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