chore: release 7.8.5 (#879)

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## [7.8.5](v7.8.4...v7.8.5)
(2026-06-19)
### Bug Fixes
*
[`9c8692a`](9c8692a)
[#878](#878) include prereleases
in tilde range lower bound with includePrerelease (#878)
(@chatman-media)

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chore: release 7.8.4 (#875)

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## [7.8.4](v7.8.3...v7.8.4)
(2026-06-09)
### Bug Fixes
*
[`e583226`](e583226)
[#874](#874) reject numeric
segments after x-ranges (@pupuking723)

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chore: release 7.8.3 (#873)

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## [7.8.3](v7.8.2...v7.8.3)
(2026-06-08)
### Bug Fixes
*
[`046da7f`](046da7f)
[#872](#872) align caret
includePrerelease lower bounds (#872) (@wayyoungboy)
### Chores
*
[`3485dda`](3485dda)
[#866](#866) bump
@npmcli/eslint-config from 6.0.1 to 7.0.0 (#866) (@dependabot[bot])

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chore: release 7.8.2 (#871)

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## [7.8.2](v7.8.1...v7.8.2)
(2026-06-04)
### Bug Fixes
*
[`bea6028`](bea6028)
[#870](#870) increment dotted
prerelease identifiers (#870) (@liuzemei, @SheldonNeo)

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chore: release 7.8.1 (#868)

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## [7.8.1](v7.8.0...v7.8.1)
(2026-05-21)
### Bug Fixes
*
[`17aa702`](17aa702)
[#869](#869) strip build metadata
before comparator trimming (#869) (@owlstronaut)
*
[`5f3ca13`](5f3ca13)
[#867](#867) handle prerelease
bounds in subset (#867) (@puneetdixit200, Puneet Dixit)

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chore: release 7.8.0 (#847)

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## [7.8.0](v7.7.4...v7.8.0)
(2026-05-08)
### Features
*
[`0d0a0a2`](0d0a0a2)
[#855](#855) Add `truncate`
function (#855) (@pjohnmeyer, @owlstronaut)
### Bug Fixes
*
[`3905343`](3905343)
[#859](#859) Warn when defaulting
to --inc=patch in CLI (@pjohnmeyer)
### Documentation
*
[`c368af6`](c368af6)
[#853](#853) fix typos in
documentation (#853) (@ankitkumar572005)
*
[`37776c3`](37776c3)
[#846](#846) fix BNF grammar to
distinguish prerelease from build identifiers (#846) (@abhu85, @claude)
### Chores
*
[`9542e09`](9542e09)
[#860](#860) template-oss-apply
(@owlstronaut)
*
[`937bc2c`](937bc2c)
[#860](#860)
`template-oss-apply@5.0.0` (@owlstronaut)
*
[`6946fef`](6946fef)
[#852](#852) bump
@npmcli/template-oss from 4.29.0 to 4.30.0 (#852) (@dependabot[bot],
@npm-cli-bot)

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chore: release 7.7.4 (#839)

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## [7.7.4](v7.7.3...v7.7.4)
(2026-01-16)
### Bug Fixes
*
[`a29faa5`](a29faa5)
[#835](#835) cli: pass options to
semver.valid() for loose version validation (#835) (@mldangelo)
### Documentation
*
[`1d28d5e`](1d28d5e)
[#836](#836) fix typos and update
-n CLI option documentation (#836) (@mldangelo)
### Dependencies
*
[`120968b`](120968b)
[#840](#840)
`@npmcli/template-oss@4.29.0` (#840)
### Chores
*
[`44d7130`](44d7130)
[#824](#824) bump
@npmcli/eslint-config from 5.1.0 to 6.0.0 (#824) (@dependabot[bot])
*
[`7073576`](7073576)
[#820](#820) reorder parameters
in invalid-versions.js test (#820) (@reggi)
*
[`5816d4c`](5816d4c)
[#829](#829) bump
@npmcli/template-oss from 4.28.0 to 4.28.1 (#829) (@dependabot[bot],
@npm-cli-bot)

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chore: release 7.7.3 (#812)

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## [7.7.3](v7.7.2...v7.7.3)
(2025-10-06)
### Bug Fixes
*
[`e37e0ca`](e37e0ca)
[#813](#813) faster paths for
compare (#813) (@H4ad)
*
[`2471d75`](2471d75)
[#811](#811) x-range build
metadata support (i529015)
### Chores
*
[`8f05c87`](8f05c87)
[#807](#807) bump
@npmcli/template-oss from 4.25.0 to 4.25.1 (#807) (@dependabot[bot],
@owlstronaut)

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chore: release 7.7.2 (#783)

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## [7.7.2](v7.7.1...v7.7.2)
(2025-05-12)
### Bug Fixes
*
[`fcafb61`](fcafb61)
[#780](#780) add missing `'use
strict'` directives (#780) (@Fdawgs)
*
[`c99f336`](c99f336)
[#781](#781) prerelease
identifier starting with digits (#781) (@mbtools)
### Chores
*
[`c760403`](c760403)
[#784](#784) template-oss-apply
for workflow permissions (#784) (@wraithgar)
*
[`2677f2a`](2677f2a)
[#778](#778) bump
@npmcli/template-oss from 4.23.6 to 4.24.3 (#778) (@dependabot[bot],
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chore: release 7.7.1 (#765)

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## [7.7.1](v7.7.0...v7.7.1)
(2025-02-03)
### Bug Fixes
*
[`af761c0`](af761c0)
[#764](#764) inc: fully capture
prerelease identifier (#764) (@wraithgar)

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