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docs: clarify npm version patch behavior with prerelease versions
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Expand Up @@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ The `newversion` argument should be a valid semver string, a valid second argume
In the second case, the existing version will be incremented by 1 in the specified field.
`from-git` will try to read the latest git tag, and use that as the new npm version.

**Note:** If the current version is a prerelease version, `patch` will simply remove the prerelease suffix without incrementing the patch version number. For example, `1.2.0-5` becomes `1.2.0` with `npm version patch`, not `1.2.1`.

If run in a git repo, it will also create a version commit and tag.
This behavior is controlled by `git-tag-version` (see below), and can be disabled on the command line by running `npm --no-git-tag-version version`.
It will fail if the working directory is not clean, unless the `-f` or `--force` flag is set.
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