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.TH "NPM\-PUBLISH" "3" "December 2013" "" ""
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.SH "NAME"
\fBnpm-publish\fR \-\- Publish a package
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.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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.nf
npm\.commands\.publish([packages,] callback)
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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\.
Possible values in the \'packages\' array are:
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\fB<folder>\fR:
A folder containing a package\.json file
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\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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.P
If the package array is empty, npm will try to publish something in the
current working directory\.
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.P
This command could fails if one of the packages specified already exists in
the registry\.  Overwrites when the "force" environment variable is set\.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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npm help  registry
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npm help adduser
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npm apihelp owner
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