@cjkihl/publish

@cjkihl/publish

A smart package publishing tool that helps you manage and publish npm packages with ease. This tool provides intelligent version checking, retry mechanisms, and support for multiple package managers.

Features

• 🔍 Smart version checking before publishing
• 🔄 Automatic retry with exponential backoff
• 🎯 Support for multiple package managers (npm, yarn, pnpm, bun)
• 🛡️ Dry run mode for safe testing
• 🏷️ Custom tag support
• 🔒 Access control (public/restricted)
• ⏭️ Skip private packages automatically

Installation

npm install @cjkihl/publish

Usage

As a Module

import { publish } from '@cjkihl/publish';

// Basic usage
await publish('./path/to/package');

// With options
await publish('./path/to/package', {
  retries: 5,
  retryDelay: 2000,
  dryRun: true,
  access: 'public',
  tag: 'beta'
});

As a CLI

# Basic usage
publish ./path/to/package

# With options
publish ./path/to/package --dry-run --tag beta

Options

Option	Type	Default	Description
retries	number	3	Number of retry attempts if publish fails
retryDelay	number	1000	Initial delay between retries in milliseconds
dryRun	boolean	false	Run in dry-run mode without actually publishing
access	'public' | 'restricted'	'public'	Package access level
tag	string	'latest'	Distribution tag to publish to

Requirements

• Node.js >= 18.0.0

License

MIT © @cjkihl