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.TH "NPM\-PUBLISH" "3" "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\.commands\.publish([packages,] callback)
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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\. Possible values in the \'packages\' array are:
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.TP
\fB<folder>\fR
A folder containing a package\.json file
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.TP
\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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.P
If the package array is empty, npm will try to publish something in the current working directory\.
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.P
This command could fails if one of the packages specified already exists in the registry\. Overwrites when the "force" environment variable is set\.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.IP "\(bu" 4
npm help  registry
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.IP "\(bu" 4
npm help adduser
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npm apihelp owner
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