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.TH "NPM\-PUBLISH" "1" "August 2010" "" ""
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.SH "NAME"
\fBnpm-publish\fR \-\- Publish a package
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.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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.nf
npm publish <tarball>
npm publish <folder>
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.fi
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
Publishes a package to the registry so that it can be installed by name\.
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.IP "\(bu" 4
\fB<folder>\fR:
A folder containing a package\.json file
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.IP "\(bu" 4
\fB<tarball>\fR:
A url or file path to a gzipped tar archive containing a single folder
with a package\.json file inside\.
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.IP "" 0
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.P
Fails if the package name and version combination already exists in
the registry\.