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How to version alpha pre-releases with npm

`npm version prerelease --preid alpha``

Bump alpha to beta npm version prerelease --preid beta

Bump prerelease version (very last digit) npm version prerelease

npm publish --tag beta Publish the current commit to beta tag (can be installed with npm install packageName@beta) If you didn't use npm version prerelease then it'll publish it both to beta and latest.

If you omit --tag beta (or alpha), it'll publish it, but you'll need to target the version directly instead of via the tag.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/39206082/npm-version-to-add-alpha-postfix

TODO:

  • Try using npm pack locally when messing with an npm package so we can simulate installing it locally from local (creates a tarball we can install)

Further reading:

https://gist.github.com/schmich/d04acc4b02b45e489f329cfdf3280a3f (how to release a prerelease version on npm) https://medium.com/@vcarl/problems-with-npm-link-and-an-alternative-4dbdd3e66811#:~:text=use%20npm%20pack%20.-,npm%20pack,name%20and%20version%20from%20package. (npm pack and other magic)

https://jasonraimondi.com/posts/use-the-npm-version-command-to-semantically-version-your-node-project/#create-a-prerelease-version