auto-dist-tag

Automatically rewrites the publishConfig.tag setting in your package.json file for you

Install

npm install --global auto-dist-tag

Usage

$ auto-dist-tag --help

  Usage
    $ auto-dist-tag [path]

  Options
    --write, -w  Write calculated dist-tag to the package.json file

auto-dist-tag will automatically figure out what the best dist-tag is based on the version property in your package.json file and the previously published versions unless you explicitly specify a tag yourself.
Have a look at our tests to figure out what tags to expect as output.

Travis CI

If you are using Travis CI to automatically publish your package to npm you should add the following snippet to your .travis.yml file:

before_deploy:
  - npm install -g auto-dist-tag@1
  - auto-dist-tag --write

deploy:
  skip_cleanup: true
  ...

License

This project is licensed under the Apache License 2.0.