node/deps/npm/doc/cli/publish.md

npm-publish(1) -- Publish a package

SYNOPSIS

npm publish <tarball>
npm publish <folder>

DESCRIPTION

Publishes a package to the registry so that it can be installed by name.

• <folder>: A folder containing a package.json file

• <tarball>: A url or file path to a gzipped tar archive containing a single folder with a package.json file inside.

Fails if the package name and version combination already exists in the registry. Overwrites when the "--force" flag is set.

SEE ALSO

• npm-registry(1)
• npm-adduser(1)
• npm-owner(1)
• npm-deprecate(1)
• npm-tag(1)