<h1><a href="../cli/npm-tag.html">npm-tag</a></h1> <p>Tag a published version</p> <h2 id="synopsis">SYNOPSIS</h2> <pre><code>[DEPRECATED] npm tag <name>@<version> [<tag>] See `dist-tag` </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 <name>@<tag> </code></pre><p>When installing dependencies, a preferred tagged version may be specified:</p> <pre><code>npm install --tag <tag> </code></pre><p>This also applies to <code>npm dedupe</code>.</p> <p>Publishing a package always sets the "latest" 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 "next" to identify the upcoming version, and the tag "latest" to identify the current version.</p> <p>A project might choose to have multiple streams of development, e.g., "stable", "canary".</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 <pkg>@<version></code> vs <code>npm install <pkg>@<tag></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>>=1.4.0 <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>