NAME

       npm-version - Bump a package version

SYNOPSIS

       npm version [<newversion> | major | minor | patch | build]

DESCRIPTION

       Run  this  in  a  package directory to bump the version and write the new data back to the
       package.json file.

       The newversion argument should be a valid semver string, or a  valid  second  argument  to
       semver.inc  (one  of  "build",  "patch",  "minor",  or  "major").  In the second case, the
       existing version will be incremented by 1 in the specified field.

       If run in a git repo, it will also create a version commit and tag, and fail if  the  repo
       is not clean.

       If  supplied  with  --message  (shorthand:  -m) config option, npm will use it as a commit
       message when creating a version commit. If the message config contains %s then  that  will
       be replaced with the resulting version number. For example:

           npm version patch -m "Upgrade to %s for reasons"

       If  the  sign-git-tag config is set, then the tag will be signed using the -s flag to git.
       Note that you must have a default GPG key set up in your  git  config  for  this  to  work
       properly. For example:

           $ npm config set sign-git-tag true
           $ npm version patch

           You need a passphrase to unlock the secret key for
           user: "isaacs (http://blog.izs.me/) <i@izs.me>"
           2048-bit RSA key, ID 6C481CF6, created 2010-08-31

           Enter passphrase:

SEE ALSO

       •   npm help init

       •   npm help  package.json

       •   npm help  semver

                                           October 2013                            NPM-VERSION(1)