chore: release 7.7.4

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7.7.4 (2026-01-16)

Bug Fixes

• a29faa5 #835 cli: pass options to semver.valid() for loose version validation (fix(cli): pass options to semver.valid() for loose version validation #835) (@mldangelo)

Documentation

• 1d28d5e #836 fix typos and update -n CLI option documentation (docs: fix typos and update -n CLI option documentation #836) (@mldangelo)

Dependencies

• 120968b #840 @npmcli/template-oss@4.29.0 (deps: @npmcli/template-oss@4.29.0 #840)

Chores

• 44d7130 #824 bump @npmcli/eslint-config from 5.1.0 to 6.0.0 (chore: bump @npmcli/eslint-config from 5.1.0 to 6.0.0 #824) (@dependabot[bot])
• 7073576 #820 reorder parameters in invalid-versions.js test (chore: reorder parameters in invalid-versions.js test #820) (@reggi)
• 5816d4c #829 bump @npmcli/template-oss from 4.28.0 to 4.28.1 (chore: bump @npmcli/template-oss from 4.28.0 to 4.28.1 #829) (@dependabot[bot], @npm-cli-bot)

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