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--- title: npm-dist-tag section: 1 description: Modify package distribution tags --- ### Synopsis ```bash npm dist-tag add <package-spec (with version)> [<tag>] npm dist-tag rm <package-spec> <tag> npm dist-tag ls [<package-spec>] alias: dist-tags ``` ### Description Add, remove, and enumerate distribution tags on a package: * add: Tags the specified version of the package with the specified tag, or the [`--tag` config](/using-npm/config#tag) if not specified. If you have two-factor authentication on auth-and-writes then you’ll need to include a one-time password on the command line with `--otp <one-time password>`, or go through a second factor flow based on your `authtype`. * rm: Clear a tag that is no longer in use from the package. If you have two-factor authentication on auth-and-writes then you’ll need to include a one-time password on the command line with `--otp <one-time password>`, or go through a second factor flow based on your `authtype` * ls: Show all of the dist-tags for a package, defaulting to the package in the current prefix. This is the default action if none is specified. A tag can be used when installing packages as a reference to a version instead of using a specific version number: ```bash npm install <name>@<tag> ``` When installing dependencies, a preferred tagged version may be specified: ```bash npm install --tag <tag> ``` (This also applies to any other commands that resolve and install dependencies, such as `npm dedupe`, `npm update`, and `npm audit fix`.) Publishing a package sets the `latest` tag to the published version unless the `--tag` option is used. For example, `npm publish --tag=beta`. By default, `npm install <pkg>` (without any `@<version>` or `@<tag>` specifier) installs the `latest` tag. ### Purpose Tags can be used to provide an alias instead of version numbers. For example, a project might choose to have multiple streams of development and use a different tag for each stream, e.g., `stable`, `beta`, `dev`, `canary`. By default, the `latest` tag is used by npm to identify the current version of a package, and `npm install <pkg>` (without any `@<version>` or `@<tag>` specifier) installs the `latest` tag. Typically, projects only use the `latest` tag for stable release versions, and use other tags for unstable versions such as prereleases. The `next` tag is used by some projects to identify the upcoming version. Other than `latest`, no tag has any special significance to npm itself. ### Caveats This command used to be known as `npm tag`, which only created new tags, and so had a different syntax. Tags must share a namespace with version numbers, because they are specified in the same slot: `npm install <pkg>@<version>` vs `npm install <pkg>@<tag>`. Tags that can be interpreted as valid semver ranges will be rejected. For example, `v1.4` cannot be used as a tag, because it is interpreted by semver as `>=1.4.0 <1.5.0`. See <https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/6082>. The simplest way to avoid semver problems with tags is to use tags that do not begin with a number or the letter `v`. ### Configuration #### `workspace` * Default: * Type: String (can be set multiple times) Enable running a command in the context of the configured workspaces of the current project while filtering by running only the workspaces defined by this configuration option. Valid values for the `workspace` config are either: * Workspace names * Path to a workspace directory * Path to a parent workspace directory (will result in selecting all workspaces within that folder) When set for the `npm init` command, this may be set to the folder of a workspace which does not yet exist, to create the folder and set it up as a brand new workspace within the project. This value is not exported to the environment for child processes. #### `workspaces` * Default: null * Type: null or Boolean Set to true to run the command in the context of **all** configured workspaces. Explicitly setting this to false will cause commands like `install` to ignore workspaces altogether. When not set explicitly: - Commands that operate on the `node_modules` tree (install, update, etc.) will link workspaces into the `node_modules` folder. - Commands that do other things (test, exec, publish, etc.) will operate on the root project, _unless_ one or more workspaces are specified in the `workspace` config. This value is not exported to the environment for child processes. #### `include-workspace-root` * Default: false * Type: Boolean Include the workspace root when workspaces are enabled for a command. When false, specifying individual workspaces via the `workspace` config, or all workspaces via the `workspaces` flag, will cause npm to operate only on the specified workspaces, and not on the root project. This value is not exported to the environment for child processes. ### See Also * [package spec](/using-npm/package-spec) * [npm publish](/commands/npm-publish) * [npm install](/commands/npm-install) * [npm dedupe](/commands/npm-dedupe) * [npm registry](/using-npm/registry) * [npm config](/commands/npm-config) * [npmrc](/configuring-npm/npmrc)

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