$ git clone https://github.com/npm/npm.git

$ cd npm

or if you already have npm cloned make sure the repo is up to date

$ git remote update -p

$ git reset --hard origin latest

$ git checkout vX.Y.Z

$ make release

Note: please run `npm dist-tag ls npm` and make sure this is the `latest` **dist-tag**. `latest` on git is usually released as `next` when it's time to downstream

$ cd /path/to/node

$ git remote update -p

$ git checkout -b npm-x.y.z origin/master

$ cd deps

$ rm -rf npm

$ tar zxf /path/to/npm/release/npm-x.y.z.tgz

$ git add -A npm

$ git commit -m "deps: upgrade npm to x.y.z"

$ cd ..

$ ./configure

$ make -j4

$ ./tools/license-builder.sh

# The following commands are only necessary if there are changes

$ git add .

$ git commit -m "doc: update npm LICENSE using license-builder.sh"

Note: please ensure you are only making the updates that are changed by npm.

$ git rebase --whitespace=fix master

$ make test-npm