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Add semver link and note on empty string format to deprecate doc #68

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8 changes: 5 additions & 3 deletions doc/cli/npm-deprecate.md
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Expand Up @@ -10,15 +10,17 @@ npm-deprecate(1) -- Deprecate a version of a package
This command will update the npm registry entry for a package, providing
a deprecation warning to all who attempt to install it.

It works on version ranges as well as specific versions, so you can do
something like this:
It works on [version ranges](https://semver.npmjs.com/) as well as specific
versions, so you can do something like this:

npm deprecate my-thing@"< 0.2.3" "critical bug fixed in v0.2.3"

Note that you must be the package owner to deprecate something. See the
`owner` and `adduser` help topics.

To un-deprecate a package, specify an empty string (`""`) for the `message` argument.
To un-deprecate a package, specify an empty string (`""`) for the `message`
argument. Note that you must use double quotes with no space between them to
format an empty string.

## SEE ALSO

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