npm-tag(1) -- Tag a published version ===================================== ## SYNOPSIS npm tag @ [] ## DESCRIPTION THIS COMMAND IS DEPRECATED. See npm-dist-tag(1) 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 @ When installing dependencies, a preferred tagged version may be specified: npm install --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 @` vs `npm install @`. 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 . 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-publish(1) * npm-install(1) * npm-dedupe(1) * npm-registry(7) * npm-config(1) * npm-config(7) * npm-dist-tag(1) * npmrc(5)