Bump a package version and publish a new release with npm
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Documented steps
Run `npm version patch` (or minor/major) to increment the version in package.json and package-lock.json; in a git repo it also creates a version commit and an annotated git tag.
Optionally run hooks in order: preversion runs with the old version, the version script with the new version, then postversion for cleanup; use npm version -m 'Upgrade to %s' for a custom commit message.
Run `npm publish` to upload the new version to the registry with the 'latest' tag by default.
If your version is a prerelease, publish it under a non-default tag, e.g. `npm publish --tag=next`.
Verify the new release: `npm view <name> version` and `npm view <name> dist-tags`.
Known gotchas
npm version sets git-tag-version true by default, so it commits and tags; use `npm --no-git-tag-version version patch` to bump without any commit or tag.
It fails if the git working directory is not clean unless you pass --force.
The same name+version can never be republished, so never ship a version that was ever published, even if later unpublished.
`preid` sets the prerelease identifier prefix (the 'rc' in 1.2.0-rc.8).
Official docs: https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v10/commands/npm-version
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