what is the usage of “~>” in cocoapods

Question

I want to know what the \"~>\" is used for,cause I find they are the same below:

pod \'AFNetworking\',\'~> 2.0.3\'

pod \'AFNetworking\',\'2.0.3\'
         


        

Answer 1

• ~> 6.0 will get you the latest version before the next version which is 7.0 but not including the 7.0 version.

• ~> 6.0.0 will get you the latest version before the next version which is 6.1.0 but not including the 6.1.0 version.