Release: v7.0.0-beta.5

As foretold by the prophesies, another weekly npm v7 beta is now available.

tl;dr - run npm i -g npm@next-7 right now, and tell us about any problems you encounter with it.

This fixes the npm view --json output, adds test coverage, and switches us from meant to leven for the “Did you mean…?” message.

It does not yet fix some of the other issues that early beta testers have helpfully reported to us:

• A race condition during configuration loading can lead to a “bad marker” error being thrown if there is a file at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/npmrc. (Which npm v6 puts there when it installs npm v7.)
• Unresolvable peer dependency conflicts are not reported very usefully.
• package.json sets indentation style to two-spaces when saving dependencies.
• Fresh installs with old lockfiles can lead to missing executables and (if the lockfile is old enough!) even missing dependencies.

We expect these issues to be fixed in upcoming beta updates soon.

As always, please report any problems you encounter! We are grateful for your help in npm’s ongoing improvement.

v7.0.0-beta.5 (2020-08-18)

• b718b0e28 #1657 display multiple versions when using --json with npm view (@claudiahdz)
• 9e7cc42f6 #1071 migrate from meant to leven (@jamesgeorge007)
• 85027f40c #1664 refactor and add tests for npm adduser (@ruyadorno)
• 6e03e5583 #1672 refactor and add tests for npm audit (@claudiahdz)

v7.0.0-beta.4 (2020-08-11)

Replace some environment variables that were excluded. This implements the amendment to RFC0021.

• 631142f4a @npmcli/run-script@1.5.0
• da95386ae #1650 #1652 include booleans, skip already-set envs

v7.0.0-beta.3 (2020-08-10)

Bring back support for npm audit --production, fix a minor npm version annoyance, and track down a very serious issue where a project could be blown away when it matches a meta-dep in the tree.

• 5fb217701 #1641 @npmcli/arborist@0.0.15
• 3598fe1f2 @npmcli/arborist@0.0.16 Add support for npm audit --production
• 8ba2aeaee libnpmversion@1.0.3

v7.0.0-beta.2 (2020-08-07)

New notification style for updates, and a working doctor.

• cf2819210 #1622 Improve abbrevs for install and help
• d062b2c02 new npm-specific update-notifier implementation
• f6d468a3b update doctor command
• b8b4d77af #1638 Direct users to our GitHub issues instead of npm.community

v7.0.0-beta.1 (2020-08-05)

Fix some issues found in the beta pubish process, and initial attempts to use npm v7 with citgm.

• 2c305e8b7 output generated tarball filename
• 0808328c9 pack: set correct filename for scoped packages (@isaacs)
• cf27df035 @npmcli/arborist@0.0.14 (@isaacs)