npm-version(1) -- Bump a package version ======================================== ## SYNOPSIS npm version [ | major | minor | patch | build] ## DESCRIPTION Run this in a package directory to bump the version and write the new data back to the package.json file. The `newversion` argument should be a valid semver string, *or* a valid second argument to semver.inc (one of "build", "patch", "minor", or "major"). In the second case, the existing version will be incremented by 1 in the specified field. If run in a git repo, it will also create a version commit and tag, and fail if the repo is not clean. If supplied with `--message` (shorthand: `-m`) config option, npm will use it as a commit message when creating a version commit. If the `message` config contains `%s` then that will be replaced with the resulting version number. For example: npm version patch -m "Upgrade to %s for reasons" If the `sign-git-tag` config is set, then the tag will be signed using the `-s` flag to git. Note that you must have a default GPG key set up in your git config for this to work properly. For example: $ npm config set sign-git-tag true $ npm version patch You need a passphrase to unlock the secret key for user: "isaacs (http://blog.izs.me/) " 2048-bit RSA key, ID 6C481CF6, created 2010-08-31 Enter passphrase: ## SEE ALSO * npm-init(1) * npm-json(1) * npm-semver(1)