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Release: 6.12.0
A new npm version has been released!
Now npm ci runs prepare scripts for git dependencies, and respects the --no-optional argument. Warnings for engine mismatches are printed again. Various other fixes and cleanups.
To get it, run npm i -g npm@latest
View the full release notes on npm.community