npm version reference

{
  "dependencies": {
    // Use a Github repository
    "@formio/vue": "github:kitsune7/vue",
    
    // Use a PR on Github
    "@formio/vue": "github:formio/vue#pull/77/head",
    
    // MINOR and PATCH updates allowed (default when using `npm install` to add to package.json)
    // version >= 5.0.0 && version < 6.0.0
    "@formio/vue": "^5.0.0",
    
    // PATCH updates allowed
    // version >= 5.0.0 && version < 5.1.0
    "@formio/vue": "~5.0.0",
    
    // No updates allowed; the version is locked
    // version == 5.0.0
    "@formio/vue": "5.0.0",
    
    // Gets whatever the latest version is
    "@formio/vue": "latest",
    
    // Use any version (defaults to latest)
    // This is usually used in npm workspaces to use local packages
    "@formio/vue": "*"
  }
}

To install a specific version of something:

npm install --save PACKAGE_NAME@VERSION_STRING

# For example, any of these would work
npm install --save @formio/vue@github:kitsune7/vue
npm install --save @formio/vue@github:kitsune7/vue#pull/77/head
npm install --save @formio/vue@latest
npm install --save @formio/vue@~5.0.0
npm install --save @formio/vue@*

Note: If you run a command like npm install --save @formio/[email protected] that locks it to a specific version, it will still add a caret at the beginning, so you'll have to remove that in package.json and run npm install to update the package lock.

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