Caret ranges below 1.0 (^0.2.3)
^0.2.3 means at least 0.2.3 and below 0.3.0.
Meaning and matches
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Note
Before 1.0.0, any minor release may break things, so ^0.2.3 stops at 0.3.0 and ^0.0.3 allows only 0.0.3. This surprises people who expect ^ to always mean "same major".