chore: release 7.7.3 (#812)

🤖 I have created a release *beep* *boop*
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## [7.7.3](v7.7.2...v7.7.3)
(2025-10-06)
### Bug Fixes
*
[`e37e0ca`](e37e0ca)
[#813](#813) faster paths for
compare (#813) (@H4ad)
*
[`2471d75`](2471d75)
[#811](#811) x-range build
metadata support (i529015)
### Chores
*
[`8f05c87`](8f05c87)
[#807](#807) bump
@npmcli/template-oss from 4.25.0 to 4.25.1 (#807) (@dependabot[bot],
@owlstronaut)

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.release-please-manifest.json

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 {
-  ".": "7.7.2"
+  ".": "7.7.3"
 }

CHANGELOG.md

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 # Changelog
 
+## [7.7.3](https://github.com/npm/node-semver/compare/v7.7.2...v7.7.3) (2025-10-06)
+### Bug Fixes
+* [`e37e0ca`](https://github.com/npm/node-semver/commit/e37e0ca0b5fc910d2b1948d25dbc83cc3a0921ea) [#813](https://github.com/npm/node-semver/pull/813) faster paths for compare (#813) (@H4ad)
+* [`2471d75`](https://github.com/npm/node-semver/commit/2471d7543e2e63d9d95358e2405e7e1cde926c36) [#811](https://github.com/npm/node-semver/pull/811) x-range build metadata support (i529015)
+### Chores
+* [`8f05c87`](https://github.com/npm/node-semver/commit/8f05c87f56a4123259b8c6d9324f53eadb02e48f) [#807](https://github.com/npm/node-semver/pull/807) bump @npmcli/template-oss from 4.25.0 to 4.25.1 (#807) (@dependabot[bot], @owlstronaut)
+
 ## [7.7.2](https://github.com/npm/node-semver/compare/v7.7.1...v7.7.2) (2025-05-12)
 ### Bug Fixes
 * [`fcafb61`](https://github.com/npm/node-semver/commit/fcafb61ed566ff8ccf24818dd94b76738f037aa4) [#780](https://github.com/npm/node-semver/pull/780) add missing `'use strict'` directives (#780) (@Fdawgs)

package.json

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 {
   "name": "semver",
-  "version": "7.7.2",
+  "version": "7.7.3",
   "description": "The semantic version parser used by npm.",
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {