cli: skip caret in version query for prereleases

Signed-off-by: Patrik Oldsberg <poldsberg@gmail.com>

packages/cli/src/lib/version.test.ts

@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ describe('createPackageVersionProvider', () => {
     expect(provider('c', '0.1.6')).toBe('^0.1.4');
     expect(provider('c', '0.2.0')).toBe('^0.2.0');
     expect(provider('c', '0.2.6')).toBe('^0.2.4');
+    expect(provider('c', '0.3.0-rc1')).toBe('0.3.0-rc1');
     expect(provider('c', '0.3.0')).toBe('^0.3.0');
     expect(provider('c', '0.3.6')).toBe('^0.3.4');
     expect(provider('@backstage/cli')).toBe('*');

packages/cli/src/lib/version.ts

@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ export const isDev = fs.pathExistsSync(paths.resolveOwn('src'));
 
 export function createPackageVersionProvider(lockfile?: Lockfile) {
   return (name: string, versionHint?: string) => {
-    const targetVersion = versionHint || packageVersions[name];
+    const packageVersion = packageVersions[name];
+    const targetVersion = versionHint || packageVersion;
     if (!targetVersion) {
       throw new Error(`No version available for package ${name}`);
     }
@@ -81,6 +82,16 @@ export function createPackageVersionProvider(lockfile?: Lockfile) {
       semver.satisfies(targetVersion, entry.range),
     );
     const highestRange = validRanges?.slice(-1)[0];
-    return highestRange?.range ?? `^${targetVersion}`;
+
+    if (highestRange?.range) {
+      return highestRange?.range;
+    }
+    if (packageVersion) {
+      return `^${packageVersion}`;
+    }
+    if (semver.parse(versionHint)?.prerelease.length) {
+      return versionHint!;
+    }
+    return `^${versionHint}`;
   };
 }