Add --tag option

[developit]

Publish Add support for --tag xx, which publishes under a given dist-tag. Closes #45.

[sindresorhus]

Use --tag=beta

[developit]

✅ (I haven't had a chance to use meow yet, been meaning to switch from yargs)

[developit]

Hoping you merge this - I believe it np would then be able to replace my current process:

npm run build && npm test && git commit -am $npm_package_version && git tag $npm_package_version && git push && git push --tags && npm publish

[SamVerschueren]

Instead of using an extra flag, can't we just extract the tag out of the version with semver?

const semver = require('semver');

semver.prerelease('1.0.2-beta.3');
//=> ['beta', 3]

[developit]

@SamVerschueren That would be pretty sweet and make a good default. Still nice to be able to override it manually for other use-cases (--tag=legacy etc).

[sindresorhus]

Thanks @developit :)

[sindresorhus]

@SamVerschueren Cool idea, but I rarely use prereleases myself and that behavior would be surprising to many, although better.

[SamVerschueren]

I never used them to be honest, it was just an idea :).