Improve help text and error reporting for pub upgrade target constraints - #4909
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…aints - Add concrete examples to `pub upgrade --help` illustrating valid target formats. - Clarify that constraints follow standard pubspec.yaml syntax and note quoting requirements for shells. - Change argumentsDescription placeholder from `dependencies` to `<package>`. - Surface detailed FormatException messages with syntax hints when target constraints fail to parse. Fixes dart-lang#4896
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pub upgrade --helpillustrating valid target formats and upgrading multiple dependencies in a single command (dart pub upgrade foo bar,dart pub upgrade foo 'bar@^2.0.0').pubspec.yamlsyntax and note the need to quote constraints containing<,>, or spaces.argumentsDescriptionplaceholder as[<package>[@<constraint>|@latest|@resolvable] ...].FormatExceptionmessages with syntax hints when target constraints fail to parse.Fixes #4896