GeezerVison

Use the regex-free forward scanner from PR #918 while retaining the existing regex exports.

Include regression coverage for compatibility, exported regex preservation, and parsing without COMPARATORTRIM execution.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <[email protected]>
Copilot-Session: 03b4a44c-26a3-4d56-9b26-cd46006844c6

## Summary
- Add regression fixtures and integration coverage for comparator
whitespace, equality boundaries, and malformed loose alternatives.
- Cover long prerelease identifiers, build-metadata normalization, and
existing version limits across strict/loose and prerelease options.
- Tests only; no production behavior changes.

## Stack
First of two stacked PRs; followed by #918. Contains only commit
1eda6b4. Merge this PR before the
performance implementation.

## Validation
Full `npm test` (including coverage, ESLint, and template checks) passes
on the combined stack.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <[email protected]>
Copilot-Session: 03b4a44c-26a3-4d56-9b26-cd46006844c6

## Summary
Backport the v7 range parsing coverage from #917 to v5. Add coverage for
comparator whitespace normalization, range parsing options, equality
boundaries, malformed loose alternatives, long identifiers, and build
metadata.

Use the same range fixture inputs and options as v7 while preserving
v5-specific expected results. Tests only; no production code or
dependency changes.

## Stack
First of two stacked v5 backport PRs, based on `release/v5`. Contains
test commit `8bbf475`. The follow-up backport of the v7 performance fix
in #918 targets this branch. Merge this PR before the v5 fix.

The follow-up v5 fix is #927.

## Validation
The full v5 test suite passed locally on Node 20.19.5 with 100%
statement, branch, function, and line coverage; one test was skipped.
The full supported Node-version matrix remains unverified locally.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <[email protected]>
Copilot-Session: 03b4a44c-26a3-4d56-9b26-cd46006844c6

## Summary
Backport the v7 range parsing coverage from #917 to v6. Add coverage for
comparator whitespace normalization, range parsing options, equality
boundaries, malformed loose alternatives, long identifiers, and build
metadata.

Use the same range fixture inputs and options as v7 while preserving
v6-specific expected results. Tests only; no production code or
dependency changes.

## Stack
First of two stacked v6 backport PRs, based on `release/v6`. Contains
test commit `b381d7f`. The follow-up backport of the v7 performance fix
in #918 targets this branch. Merge this PR before the v6 fix.

The follow-up v6 fix is #925.

## Validation
The full v6 test suite passed locally on Node 20.19.5 with 100%
statement, branch, function, and line coverage; one test was skipped.
The full supported Node-version matrix remains unverified locally.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <[email protected]>
Copilot-Session: 03b4a44c-26a3-4d56-9b26-cd46006844c6

## Summary
Backport the v7 range parsing performance fix from #918 to v6. Replace
execution of `COMPARATORTRIM` during range parsing with a regex-free
whitespace scanner while preserving the existing exported regexes.

Preserve v6-specific parsing behavior, including numeric-first
prerelease matching. Add coverage confirming legacy compatibility,
exported regex preservation, and parsing without executing
`COMPARATORTRIM`.

## Stack
Depends on #924, the v6 coverage backport of #917. This PR targets
`reggi/chore-adds-tests-v6` so its diff contains only fix commit
`9d1812e`. Merge #924 first, then retarget this PR to `release/v6` if
GitHub does not do so automatically.

## Validation
The full v6 test suite passed locally on Node 20.19.5 with 100%
statement, branch, function, and line coverage; one test was skipped.
Additional differential checks matched the legacy regex across 30,870
cases. The full supported Node-version matrix remains unverified
locally.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <[email protected]>
Copilot-Session: 03b4a44c-26a3-4d56-9b26-cd46006844c6

## Summary
Backport the v7 range parsing performance fix from #918 to v5. Replace
execution of `COMPARATORTRIM` during range parsing with a regex-free
whitespace scanner while preserving the existing exported regexes.

Preserve v5-specific parsing behavior, including numeric-first
prerelease matching. Add coverage confirming legacy compatibility,
exported regex preservation, and parsing without executing
`COMPARATORTRIM`.

## Stack
Depends on #926, the v5 coverage backport of #917. This PR targets
`reggi/chore-adds-tests-v5` so its diff contains only fix commit
`4a94e99`. Merge #926 first, then retarget this PR to `release/v5` if
GitHub does not do so automatically.

## Validation
The full v5 test suite passed locally on Node 20.19.5 with 100%
statement, branch, function, and line coverage; one test was skipped.
Additional differential checks matched the legacy regex across 30,870
cases. The full supported Node-version matrix remains unverified
locally.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <[email protected]>
Copilot-Session: 03b4a44c-26a3-4d56-9b26-cd46006844c6

🤖 I have created a release *beep* *boop*
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## [7.8.6](v7.8.5...v7.8.6)
(2026-11-02)
### Bug Fixes
*
[`69b305d`](69b305d)
[#918](#918) improve range
parsing performance (#918) (@reggi, @Copilot)
### Chores
*
[`7257c14`](7257c14)
[#917](#917) cover comparator
normalization (#917) (@reggi, @Copilot)

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