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Expand Up @@ -18,11 +18,9 @@ settings described in [`config`](/using-npm/config).
If you plan to publish your package, the *most* important things in your
package.json are the name and version fields as they will be required. The
name and version together form an identifier that is assumed to be
completely unique. Changes to the package should come along with changes
to the version. If you don't plan to publish your package, the name and
completely unique. If you don't plan to publish your package, the name and
version fields are optional.

The name is what your thing is called.
The name field contains your package name.

Some rules:

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### version

If you plan to publish your package, the *most* important things in your
package.json are the name and version fields as they will be required. The
name and version together form an identifier that is assumed to be
completely unique. Changes to the package should come along with changes
to the version. If you don't plan to publish your package, the name and
version fields are optional.
Changes to the package should come along with changes to the version.
You can show developers how much they need to adjust on a new update by
using [semantic versioning](../../about-semantic-versioning)

Version must be parseable by
[node-semver](https://github.com/npm/node-semver), which is bundled with
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