wild card entry specialtilde ( * ) bug

[Rohan]

Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have searched the existing issues

Current Behavior

const version = "1.2.alpha.1";
const specialTilde = "*";
console.log(
"semver package special tilde: ",
semver.satisfies(version, specialTilde)
); ==false

in prerelease identifier special tilde gives false ,it should give true

Expected Behavior

const version = "1.2.alpha.1";
const specialTilde = "*";
console.log(
"semver package special tilde: ",
semver.satisfies(version, specialTilde)
); ==true

Steps To Reproduce

Reproducible repo link:

https://github.com/rohannsahh/semverissue

1. npm i
2. npm run test

Special tilde wildcard for prerelease identifier does not seems correct

Environment

• npm: 9.6.5
• Node: 20.11.0
• OS: windows 11
• platform: vs code

[Gar]

prereleases are not included in any matching unless you specify that you want prereleases or if the range you're checking also has prereleases in it. This is by design.

https://github.com/npm/node-semver?tab=readme-ov-file#prerelease-tags