npm-publish-package

Script for publishing npm to Npm repository.

Description

This package is used as binary nodejs package. That means it can be used from command line if installed globaly. Running this package will update version according parameters. Then it will publish module to npm registry (repository). It is similar to npm version but it does not force pushing to git.

Command line usage

After global installation (with proper configuration of npm registry): npm install -g npm-publish-package you can use following to display help: npp -h. You can also use this without global installation. You can put it into devDependencies and use it in package.json scripts section.

npm-publish-package (npp)

  Application used for publishing packages into npm repository, with auto version increment.

Options

  -h, --help                                  Displays help for this command line tool.
  -r, --registry <url>                        Npm registry (repository) url address.
  -p, --pre                                   Indication that version should be set to prerelease version.
  -b, --buildNumber                           Indicates that build number of version should be incremented.
  -m, --majorNumber                           Indicates that major number of version should be incremented.
  -v, --specificVersion <version>             Specific version that is going to be set. If this is set overrides any other
                                              version parameter.
  -t, --targetTag <tag>                       Tag that will be assigned to published package. If not specified 'latest' is
                                              used for normal version and 'pre' is used for prerelease version.
  -s, --preReleaseSuffix <preReleaseSuffix>   Suffix that will be added to version number. If not specified 'pre' is used.
                                              It is not used without 'pre' parameter.
  -d, --dryRun                                Runs script as dry run. Displaying expected version and expected command for
                                              publising

Examples

  > npp                           Deploys package to npm default repository and increases minor version number. i.e. 1.1.2 => 1.2.0 with tag "latest"
  > npp -r "http://registryUrl"   Deploys package to npm "http://registryUrl" repository and increases minor version number. i.e. 1.1.2 => 1.2.0 with tag "latest"
  > npp -p                        Deploys package to npm default repository and sets version as prerelease version. i.e. 1.1.2 => 1.2.0-pre.0 with tag "pre"
  > npp -p -b                     Deploys package to npm default repository and sets version as prerelease version. i.e. 1.1.2 => 1.1.3-pre.0 with tag "pre"
  > npp -b                        Deploys package to npm default repository and increments build version number. i.e. 1.1.0 => 1.1.1 with tag "latest"
  > npp -m                        Deploys package to npm default repository and increments major version number. i.e. 1.1.0 => 2.0.0 with tag "latest"
  > npp -v "3.0.0"                Deploys package to npm default repository and sets specific version. i.e. 1.1.0 => 3.0.0 with tag "latest"
  > npp -t "stable"               Deploys package to npm default repository and increases minor version number. i.e. 1.1.2 => 1.2.0 with tag "stable"
  > npp -p -s "beta"              Deploys package to npm default repository and increases minor version number and uses "beta" version suffix. i.e. 1.1.2 => 1.2.0-beta.0 with tag "pre"

Release Log

Description of release versions

Version 1.2.0

• Changed computation of next version. Now its using semver for this operation.
• Added support for dry run, which will show what will be result of action without doing anything
• Added way how to specify pre release suffix