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| author | Forrest L Norvell <forrest@npmjs.com> | 2015-02-27 01:11:38 +0300 |
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| committer | Forrest L Norvell <forrest@npmjs.com> | 2015-02-27 01:12:51 +0300 |
| commit | 8fd29825b76296dac81742c849e4947a1a08e417 (patch) | |
| tree | 59625fdfb80ac81fd3bf274e9f650668729a5a65 /doc | |
| parent | 5bc70e6cfb3598da433806c6f447fc94c8e1d35d (diff) | |
doc: small note about suprising update behavior
Also tweaked update API documentation.
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/api/npm-update.md | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/cli/npm-update.md | 9 |
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/doc/api/npm-update.md b/doc/api/npm-update.md index bf02fd3c8..52d7ec343 100644 --- a/doc/api/npm-update.md +++ b/doc/api/npm-update.md @@ -2,10 +2,17 @@ npm-update(3) -- Update a package ================================= ## SYNOPSIS + npm.commands.update(packages, callback) # DESCRIPTION -Updates a package, upgrading it to the latest version. It also installs any missing packages. +Updates a package, upgrading it to the latest version. It also installs any +missing packages. + +The `packages` argument is an array of packages to update. The `callback` +parameter will be called when done or when an error occurs. + +## SEE ALSO -The 'packages' argument is an array of packages to update. The 'callback' parameter will be called when done or when an error occurs. +* npm-update(1) diff --git a/doc/cli/npm-update.md b/doc/cli/npm-update.md index dcc3b3cbb..ce31c2891 100644 --- a/doc/cli/npm-update.md +++ b/doc/cli/npm-update.md @@ -136,11 +136,12 @@ if it installs a new package. ### Updating Globally-Installed Packages -`npm update -g` will apply the `update` action to each globally- -installed package that is `outdated` -- that is, has a version -that is different from `latest`. - +`npm update -g` will apply the `update` action to each globally- installed +package that is `outdated` -- that is, has a version that is different from +`latest`. +NOTE: If a package has been upgraded to a version newer than `latest`, it will +be _downgraded_. ## SEE ALSO |