Specify how ~ constraints handle pre-releases

The "next significant release" a.k.a as the tilde version constraint
would not install a pre-release (alpha, beta, RC) which is not in the same
version namespace.

But in the examples so far it was shown as `~1.2` equals `>=1.2,<2.0` which
would actually install `2.0-beta.1`, because it the pre-release is before
the `2.0` release.

See https://github.com/composer/getcomposer.org/issues/64
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Haralan Dobrev 10 years ago
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@ -82,6 +82,10 @@ including, 2.0). Since in theory there should be no backwards compatibility
breaks until 2.0, that works well. Another way of looking at it is that using breaks until 2.0, that works well. Another way of looking at it is that using
`~` specifies a minimum version, but allows the last digit specified to go up. `~` specifies a minimum version, but allows the last digit specified to go up.
> **Note:** Though `2.0-beta.1` is considered before `2.0`, a version constraint
> like `~1.2` would not install it. So it will install every release in the same
> *namespace* and not in the `2.0` namespace.
### Stability ### Stability
By default only stable releases are taken into consideration. If you would like By default only stable releases are taken into consideration. If you would like

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