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| author | Gar <gar+gh@danger.computer> | 2022-02-22 22:47:56 +0300 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2022-02-22 22:47:56 +0300 |
| commit | e83e5c9bad93e598969088ae780149dbe34c6b5c (patch) | |
| tree | be67e5e6506329aa42bededa3f47d947e3816d3e /docs | |
| parent | 9bdd1ace86300a8ee562027bbc5cb57d62dc7ba8 (diff) | |
docs: clarify npm init @latest behavior (#4435)
Closes: https://github.com/npm/cli/issues/3821
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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/content/commands/npm-init.md | 9 |
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diff --git a/docs/content/commands/npm-init.md b/docs/content/commands/npm-init.md index a608061a9..e9212a37e 100644 --- a/docs/content/commands/npm-init.md +++ b/docs/content/commands/npm-init.md @@ -38,6 +38,15 @@ strictly additive, so it will keep any fields and values that were already set. You can also use `-y`/`--yes` to skip the questionnaire altogether. If you pass `--scope`, it will create a scoped package. +*Note:* if a user already has the `create-<initializer>` package +globally installed, that will be what `npm init` uses. If you want npm +to use the latest version, or another specific version you must specify +it: + +* `npm init foo@latest` # fetches and runs the latest `create-foo` from + the registry +* `npm init foo@1.2.3` # runs `create-foo@1.2.3` specifically + #### Forwarding additional options Any additional options will be passed directly to the command, so `npm init |