vue-cli/packages/@vue/cli/lib/util/mergeDeps.js

const semver = require('semver')
const { warn } = require('@vue/cli-shared-utils')

const tryGetNewerRange = require('./tryGetNewerRange')

const extractSemver = r => r.replace(/^.+#semver:/, '')
const injectSemver = (r, v) => semver.validRange(r) ? v : r.replace(/#semver:.+$/, `#semver:${v}`)

module.exports = function resolveDeps (generatorId, to, from, sources, forceNewVersion) {
  const res = Object.assign({}, to)
  for (const name in from) {
    const r1 = to[name]
    const r2 = from[name]
    const sourceGeneratorId = sources[name]
    const isValidURI = r2.match(/^(?:file|git|git\+ssh|git\+http|git\+https|git\+file|https?):/) != null
    const isValidGitHub = r2.match(/^[^/]+\/[^/]+/) != null

    // if they are the same, do nothing. Helps when non semver type deps are used
    if (r1 === r2) continue

    if (!isValidGitHub && !isValidURI && !semver.validRange(r2)) {
      warn(
        `invalid version range for dependency "${name}":\n\n` +
        `- ${r2} injected by generator "${generatorId}"`
      )
      continue
    }

    if (!r1) {
      res[name] = r2
      sources[name] = generatorId
    } else {
      const r1semver = extractSemver(r1)
      const r2semver = extractSemver(r2)
      const r = tryGetNewerRange(r1semver, r2semver)
      const didGetNewer = !!r
      // if failed to infer newer version, use existing one because it's likely
      // built-in
      res[name] = didGetNewer ? injectSemver(r2, r) : r1
      // if changed, update source
      if (res[name] === r2) {
        sources[name] = generatorId
      }
      // warn incompatible version requirements
      if (
        !forceNewVersion &&
        (
          !semver.validRange(r1semver) ||
          !semver.validRange(r2semver) ||
          !semver.intersects(r1semver, r2semver)
        )
      ) {
        warn(
          `conflicting versions for project dependency "${name}":\n\n` +
          `- ${r1} injected by generator "${sourceGeneratorId}"\n` +
          `- ${r2} injected by generator "${generatorId}"\n\n` +
          `Using ${didGetNewer ? `newer ` : ``}version (${res[name]}), but this may cause build errors.`
        )
      }
    }
  }
  return res
}