npm-publish(1) -- Publish a package
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## SYNOPSIS

    npm publish <tarball> [--tag <tag>]
    npm publish <folder> [--tag <tag>]

## 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.

* `[--tag <tag>]`
  Registers the published package with the given tag, such that `npm install
  <name>@<tag>` will install this version.  By default, `npm publish` updates
  and `npm install` installs the `latest` tag.

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

## SEE ALSO

* npm-registry(7)
* npm-adduser(1)
* npm-owner(1)
* npm-deprecate(1)
* npm-tag(1)
