Add and manage npm distribution tags for a package version
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Documented steps
List existing tags with `npm dist-tag ls` (or with a package spec like `npm dist-tag ls <name>`).
Tag a specific version with `npm dist-tag add <name>@<version> <tag>` (e.g. npm dist-tag add mypkg@1.2.0 stable).
Remove a tag with `npm dist-tag rm <name> <tag>`.
Install a package by tag instead of version with `npm install <name>@<tag>`.
Use `npm publish --tag=<tag>` to attach a custom tag at publish time; otherwise publish sets the 'latest' tag.
Known gotchas
Only 'latest' has special meaning to npm (default install target); all other tags like next/beta/dev are just aliases.
Tags and versions share the same namespace, so a tag that parses as a valid semver range is rejected - e.g. 'v1.4' is interpreted as >=1.4.0 <1.5.0 and refused.
Avoid tags beginning with a digit or the letter v to prevent semver conflicts.
With 2FA on auth-and-writes you must pass --otp for dist-tag mutations.
Official docs: https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v10/commands/npm-dist-tag
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