Publish with version number which is previously published overrides previous version

[trygve-lie]

NPM will complain if one try to publish an package with the same version number as a previously published package:

Example:

npm ERR! publish fail Cannot publish over existing version.
npm ERR! publish fail Update the 'version' field in package.json and try again.

Reggie silently publishes the package and overrides the old version. In my humble opinion I think Reggie should follow NPM on this. Its very easy to forget to up a version number when publishing and if its forgotten its good that the registry complains.

If this is a wanted feature I can take a stab at it and make a pull request.

[bajtos]

Thanks for reporting the issue.

I think Reggie should follow NPM on this.

Absolutely. See also #5.

If this is a wanted feature I can take a stab at it and make a pull request.

Excellent, go for it!

[paolodm]

Just curious what NPM would do in this scenario? Would it override?

[trygve-lie]

@paolodm NPM will prompt the user with an error message saying that the version already exist. NPM does then not override.

[Bobris]

This is source of many mistakes, it would be really good to have this implemented ... 👍

[bajtos]

@Bobris we don't have enough time to maintain Reggie. My recommendation is to use sinopia, I believe it does not allow you to re-publish the same version.