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.TH "NPM\-PUBLISH" "1" "August 2014" "" ""
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.SH "NAME"
\fBnpm\-publish\fR \- Publish a package
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.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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.nf

npm publish <tarball> [\-\-tag <tag>]
npm publish <folder> [\-\-tag <tag>]
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.fi
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
Publishes a package to the registry so that it can be installed by name\.
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\fB<folder>\fR: A folder containing a package\.json file
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\fB<tarball>\fR: A url or file path to a gzipped tar archive containing a single folder with a package\.json file inside\.
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\fB[\-\-tag <tag>]\fR Registers the published package with the given tag, such that \fBnpm install <name>@<tag>\fR will install this version\. By default, \fBnpm publish\fR updates and \fBnpm install\fR installs the \fBlatest\fR tag\.
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.P
Fails if the package name and version combination already exists in the registry\.
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.P
npm help Once a package is published with a given name and version, that specific name and version combination can never be used again, even if it is removed with npm\-unpublish\.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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npm help  registry
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npm help adduser
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npm help owner
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npm help deprecate
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npm help tag
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