Publishing a NPM module from GitHub

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First, be sure make sure you've set your git user.name and user.email:

	git config --global user.name "FIRST_NAME LAST_NAME"
	git config --global user.email EMAILADDRESS@SOMEWHERE.COM
 
Create new local branch to work in:

	git checkout -b v1.0.0

Set version number in your project's package.json!!!

	vim package.json

Make your source changes!

Add and commit changes:

	git add --all 
        git commit -m "Description of changes"
 
Push changes to remote:

 	git push
 
NOTE: You'll get a message to set the upstream on the remote: 

	git push --set-upstream origin v1.0.0
 
Switch over to master branch: 

	git checkout master
 
Merge feature branch into master:

 	git merge v1.0.0
 
Push to updated master to remote: 

	git push 
 
List out all of your tags:
	
	git tag -l

Switch back to your feature branch:

	git checkout v1.0.0

Create a new tag:

	git tag -am "Description of changes" 1.0.0
 
Switch back to master branch:

	git checkout master

Push your tags up to remote:

	git push --tags

Publish on NPM:
	
	npm login
	npm publish