joyent/node

<h1><a href="../cli/npm-tag.html">npm-tag</a></h1> <p>Tag a published version</p>
<h2 id="synopsis">SYNOPSIS</h2>
<pre><code>npm tag &lt;name&gt;@&lt;version&gt; [&lt;tag&gt;]
</code></pre><h2 id="description">DESCRIPTION</h2>
<p>THIS COMMAND IS DEPRECATED. See <a href="../cli/npm-dist-tag.html">npm-dist-tag(1)</a> for details.</p>
<p>Tags the specified version of the package with the specified tag, or the
<code>--tag</code> config if not specified.</p>
<p>A tag can be used when installing packages as a reference to a version instead
of using a specific version number:</p>
<pre><code>npm install &lt;name&gt;@&lt;tag&gt;
</code></pre><p>When installing dependencies, a preferred tagged version may be specified:</p>
<pre><code>npm install --tag &lt;tag&gt;
</code></pre><p>This also applies to <code>npm dedupe</code>.</p>
<p>Publishing a package always sets the &quot;latest&quot; tag to the published version.</p>
<h2 id="purpose">PURPOSE</h2>
<p>Tags can be used to provide an alias instead of version numbers.  For
example, <code>npm</code> currently uses the tag &quot;next&quot; to identify the upcoming
version, and the tag &quot;latest&quot; to identify the current version.</p>
<p>A project might choose to have multiple streams of development, e.g.,
&quot;stable&quot;, &quot;canary&quot;.</p>
<h2 id="caveats">CAVEATS</h2>
<p>Tags must share a namespace with version numbers, because they are
specified in the same slot: <code>npm install &lt;pkg&gt;@&lt;version&gt;</code> vs <code>npm
install &lt;pkg&gt;@&lt;tag&gt;</code>.</p>
<p>Tags that can be interpreted as valid semver ranges will be
rejected. For example, <code>v1.4</code> cannot be used as a tag, because it is
interpreted by semver as <code>&gt;=1.4.0 &lt;1.5.0</code>.  See
<a href="https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/6082">https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/6082</a>.</p>
<p>The simplest way to avoid semver problems with tags is to use tags
that do not begin with a number or the letter <code>v</code>.</p>
<h2 id="see-also">SEE ALSO</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="../cli/npm-publish.html">npm-publish(1)</a></li>
<li><a href="../cli/npm-install.html">npm-install(1)</a></li>
<li><a href="../cli/npm-dedupe.html">npm-dedupe(1)</a></li>
<li><a href="../misc/npm-registry.html">npm-registry(7)</a></li>
<li><a href="../cli/npm-config.html">npm-config(1)</a></li>
<li><a href="../misc/npm-config.html">npm-config(7)</a></li>
<li><a href="../api/npm-tag.html">npm-tag(3)</a></li>
<li><a href="../files/npmrc.html">npmrc(5)</a></li>
</ul>