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NAME

       npm-tag - Tag a published version

SYNOPSIS

       [DEPRECATED] npm tag <name>@<version> [<tag>]
       See `dist-tag`

DESCRIPTION

       THIS COMMAND IS DEPRECATED. See npm help dist-tag for details.

       Tags the specified version of the package with the specified tag, or the --tag config if not specified.

       A  tag  can  be  used  when  installing  packages as a reference to a version instead of using a specific
       version number:

           npm install <name>@<tag>

       When installing dependencies, a preferred tagged version may be specified:

           npm install --tag <tag>

       This also applies to npm dedupe.

       Publishing a package always sets the "latest" tag to the published version.

PURPOSE

       Tags can be used to provide an alias instead of version numbers. For example, npm currently uses the  tag
       "next" to identify the upcoming version, and the tag "latest" to identify the current version.

       A project might choose to have multiple streams of development, e.g., "stable", "canary".

CAVEATS

       Tags  must  share  a  namespace  with  version  numbers, because they are specified in the same slot: npm
       install <pkg>@<version> vs npm install <pkg>@<tag>.

       Tags that can be interpreted as valid semver ranges will be rejected. For example, v1.4 cannot be used as
       a tag, because it is interpreted by semver as >=1.4.0 <1.5.0. See https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/6082.

       The simplest way to avoid semver problems with tags is to use tags that do not begin with a number or the
       letter v.

SEE ALSO

       •   npm help publish

       •   npm help install

       •   npm help dedupe

       •   npm help 7 registry

       •   npm help config

       •   npm help 7 config

       •   npm apihelp tag

       •   npm help 5 npmrc

                                                  December 2015                                       NPM-TAG(1)