docs(install): clarify prerelease version range behavior#8792
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Description
This PR adds documentation clarifying how prerelease versions work with semver ranges in npm install commands.
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Closes #7851
Context
Users were confused about why version ranges like ^1.2.3-beta.1\ don't match \1.3.0-beta.1\ and why
pm outdated\ doesn't suggest updating from one prerelease to another with a higher patch version. This is by design in semver - prereleases are scoped to a specific major.minor.patch triple. The documentation previously didn't explain this behavior, leading to confusion about whether it was a bug.
The added documentation clarifies:
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