why recurring to run npm version patch ; npm publish?

Question

With npm version patch , I can easily promote the npm package version.

Then I add below line in package.json

"publish": "npm version patch; npm publish"

When I run npm run publish , I suppose to get the version pumped and publish automatically.

But it is not. The command goes crazy to pump and publish new version again and again.

$ npm run publish

> npm-test-package@2.0.3 publish ....

> npm version patch; npm publish

v2.0.4

> npm-test-package@2.0.4 publish .
> npm version patch; npm publish

v2.0.5

> npm-test-package@2.0.5 publish .
> npm version patch; npm publish

v2.0.6

> npm-test-package@2.0.6 publish .
> npm version patch; npm publish

v2.0.7
^C

Why it works crazy? Any hints for me?

Answer 1

Ok, it works after I change to

"push": "npm version patch; npm publish"

So the key word publish can't be used with npm run command

Answer 2

Your problem is creating an infinite loop and you have figured that out by yourself.

What you can do is to create a prepublishOnly script. For example:

{
  "prepublishOnly": "npm version patch"
}