# Install absolute-version with npm

Reads your git tags to generate a unique human-readable version for every git commit. Version 2.0.0 via npm; verified 2024-06-22.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install npm:absolute-version
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- npm (100%):

```sh
npm install -g absolute-version
```

  Evidence: local npm package metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** npm:absolute-version
- **Package manager:** npm
- **Package manager page:** <https://www.npmjs.com/package/absolute-version>
- **Version:** 2.0.0
- **Source summary:** Reads your git tags to generate a unique human-readable version for every git commit
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/absolute-version/absolute-version-js#readme>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/absolute-version/absolute-version-js>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/absolute-version/absolute-version-js#readme>
- **License:** MIT
- **Source archive:** <https://registry.npmjs.org/absolute-version/-/absolute-version-2.0.0.tgz>
- **Issue tracker:** <https://github.com/absolute-version/absolute-version-js/issues>
- **Published:** 2024-06-22T06:33:21.646Z
- **Last updated:** 2024-06-22T06:33:21.646Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T18:08:21+00:00

## Executables

- absolute-version-from-git-tag (cli)
- absolute-version-from-git-tag (alias)

## Dependencies

- git-describe
- git-rev-sync
- semver
- yargs

## Build dependencies

- @pact-foundation/pact-js-prettier-config
- @types/git-rev-sync
- @types/jest
- @types/semver
- @types/yargs
- @typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin
- @typescript-eslint/parser
- commit-and-tag-version
- eslint
- eslint-config-airbnb-typescript-lite
- eslint-config-prettier
- eslint-import-resolver-typescript
- eslint-plugin-import
- eslint-plugin-jest
- jest
- prettier
- rimraf
- ts-jest
- ts-node
- typescript

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 2.0.0
- Package-manager updated: 2024-06-22
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/absolute-version/absolute-version-js
- warning: The package-manager record has not been updated in over a year.
- info: No cached GitHub release or tag data was available.

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for absolute-version. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** npm registry
- **Dist Tags:** Latest: 2.0.0
- **Version Count:** 4
- **Maintainers:** timothyjones
- **Author:** Timothy Jones
- **Publisher:** timothyjones
- **Integrity:** sha512-egwIhHiqtIjI3mboE/kzWw139pa+KwsV+hdJsgtHcnCnpsySehufVV6yB6+x8qc6UrYx9JiZeFoLMLJY6T/RNA==
- **Shasum:** f0ba3cb4bdefaaca6915e8b3125da0277de678fc
- **Unpacked Size:** 41,916
- **File Count:** 0
- **Created At:** 2022-05-25T06:05:39.743Z
- **Latest Published At:** 2024-06-22T06:33:21.646Z
- **Modified At:** 2024-06-22T06:33:21.821Z


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## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- package-page enrichment
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- cross-ecosystem install command graph