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npm v4.6.1
A little release to tide you over while we hammer out the last bits for npm@5.
FEATURES
d13c9b2f2
init-package-json@1.10.0
: Thename:
prompt is nowpackage name:
to make this less ambiguous for new users.The default package name is now a valid package name. For example: If your package directory has mixed case, the default package name will be all lower case.
f08c66323
#16213 Add--allow-same-version
option tonpm version
so that you can usenpm version
to run your version lifecycles and tag your git repo without actually changing the version number in yourpackage.json
. (@lucastheisen)f5e8becd0
Timing has been added throughout the install implementation. You can see it by running a command with--loglevel=timing
. You can also run commands with--timing
which will write annpm-debug.log
even on success and add an entry to_timing.json
in your cache with the timing information from that run. (@iarna)
BUG FIXES
9c860f2ed
#16021 Fix a crash innpm doctor
when used with a registry that does not support theping
API endpoint. (@watilde)65b9943e9
#16364 Shorten the ELIFECYCLE error message. The shorter error message should make it much easier to discern the actual cause of the error. (@j-f1)a87a4a835
npmlog@4.0.2
: Fix flashing of the progress bar when your terminal is very narrow. (@iarna)41c10974f
write-file-atomic@1.3.2
: Wait forfsync
to complete before considering our file written to disk. This will improve certain sorts of Windows diagnostic problems.2afa9240c
#16336 Don’t ham-it-up when expecting JSON. (@bdukes)
DOCUMENTATION FIXES
566f3eebe
#16296 Use a single convention when referring to the<command>
you’re running. (@desfero)ccbb94934
#16267 Fix a missing space in the example package.json. (@famousgarkin)