uver-cli/README.md

CLI tool to bump the version on package.json and other files

# uver-cli

Bump the version on package.json and other files from the command-line

## Use as a library

To bump file versions from within your code, check out [uver](https://github.com/flesler/uver)

## Installation

``` bash
$ npm install -g uver-cli
```

## Options

```bash
$ uver --help

  Usage: uver [options]

 Options:

   -h, --help             output usage information
   -p, --patch            Update patch version (default)
   -m, --minor            Update minor version
   -M, --major            Update major version
   -i, --index <number>   Update version on specified index (0 for major)
   -r, --revert           Decrement instead of increment
   -R, --root <path>      Where to look for the source file ($CWD)
   -f, --filename <file>  Filename of the source (package.json)
   -v, --ver <version>    Specify a fixed version
   -s, --silent           Do not output new version to console
   -o, --output [path]    Save file to `path` or output to stdout
```

You can check out the docs on [uver](https://github.com/flesler/uver) for more detail.

## Examples

```bash
# Increment patch version of package.json on current directory
uver
```

```bash
# Increment minor version of bower.json on current directory
uver --minor -f bower.json
```

```bash
# Decrement major version of package.json on current directory
uver --index 0 -r
```

```bash
# Set version to 1.2.3
uver -v 1.2.3
```

```bash
# Pipe to stdout and do something with it
uver -o > package.json.bkp
```
## Why not npm version

Check [uver](https://github.com/flesler/uver)'s docs for an explanation

## LICENSE

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2014 Ariel Flesler

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