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.TH "NPM\-VERSION" "1" "December 2011" "" ""
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.SH "NAME"
\fBnpm-version\fR \-\- Bump a package version
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.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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.nf
npm version <newversion> [\-\-message commit\-message]
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.fi
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
Run this in a package directory to bump the version and write the new
data back to the package\.json file\.
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.P
The \fBnewversion\fR argument should be a valid semver string, \fIor\fR a valid
second argument to semver\.inc (one of "patch", "minor", or "major")\. In 
the second case, the existing version will be incremented by that amount\.
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.P
If run in a git repo, it will also create a version commit and tag, and
fail if the repo is not clean\.
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.P
If supplied with \fB\-\-message\fR (shorthand: \fB\-m\fR) command line option, npm
will use it as a commit message when creating a version commit\.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.IP "\(bu" 4
npm help init
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.IP "\(bu" 4
npm help json
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.IP "\(bu" 4
npm help semver
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