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+const parse = require('./parse')
+const eq = require('./eq')
+
+const diff = (version1, version2) => {
+ if (eq(version1, version2)) {
+ return null
+ } else {
+ const v1 = parse(version1)
+ const v2 = parse(version2)
+ const hasPre = v1.prerelease.length || v2.prerelease.length
+ const prefix = hasPre ? 'pre' : ''
+ const defaultResult = hasPre ? 'prerelease' : ''
+ for (const key in v1) {
+ if (key === 'major' || key === 'minor' || key === 'patch') {
+ if (v1[key] !== v2[key]) {
+ return prefix + key
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ return defaultResult // may be undefined
+ }
+}
+module.exports = diff