in packages/create-react-app/createReactApp.js [858:878]
function makeCaretRange(dependencies, name) {
const version = dependencies[name];
if (typeof version === 'undefined') {
console.error(chalk.red(`Missing ${name} dependency in package.json`));
process.exit(1);
}
let patchedVersion = `^${version}`;
if (!semver.validRange(patchedVersion)) {
console.error(
`Unable to patch ${name} dependency version because version ${chalk.red(
version
)} will become invalid ${chalk.red(patchedVersion)}`
);
patchedVersion = version;
}
dependencies[name] = patchedVersion;
}