The ~ and ^ symbol in package.json Webpack

The tilde ~ and caret ^ symbols in package.json Webpack

Difference

From this answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/22345808/3123549

• ~version “Approximately equivalent to version”, will update you to all future patch versions, without incrementing the minor version. ~1.2.3 will use releases from 1.2.3 to <1.3.0.
• ^version “Compatible with version”, will update you to all future minor/patch versions, without incrementing the major version. ^2.3.4 will use releases from 2.3.4 to <3.0.0.

Semantic Versioning (semver)

From the document: https://semver.org/

Given a version number MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH, for example: 2.0.0, increment the:

1. MAJOR version when you make incompatible API changes.
2. MINOR version when you add functionality in a backwards compatible manner.
3. PATCH version when you make backwards compatible bug fixes.

Additional labels for pre-release and build metadata are available as extensions to the MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH format.

Reference

1. https://stackoverflow.com/a/22345808/3123549
2. Click https://semver.org/ if you’d like to deep dive into Semver

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