docs(readme): the RC line installs from latest, not next by gregory-boch-prisma · Pull Request #331 · prisma/prisma-cli

gregory-boch-prisma · 2026-10-05T15:12:46Z

What

The READMEs that models and people read first (the repo README and the npm READMEs for prisma and @prisma/cli), the hello-world example README and the glossary still describe the state before the 2026-08-25 cutover. This PR brings them in line with docs/oss/versioning.md. Text only, no code.

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File	Was	Now	Source
`packages/prisma/README.md`, `packages/cli/README.md`, `README.md`, `examples/hello-world/README.md`	`npm install --save-dev prisma@next`, `pnpm add -D prisma@next`, `@prisma/cli@next`	plain `prisma` / `@prisma/cli`	`docs/oss/versioning.md`, Dist-tag convention: "`next` — kept alive but no longer moved by the publish path (operator ruling 2026-08-25) ... New text should say plain `prisma`."
the repo README and both npm READMEs	"The 8.0.0 release candidates publish as `prisma` on the `next` dist-tag."	"... on the `latest` dist-tag."	`docs/oss/versioning.md`: "every release publishes under `latest`, RC-line versions included (operator cutover ruling 2026-08-25 ...)". The root README's own Publishing section already says `latest`.
`docs/reference/glossary.md`, "Beta package" row	"the RC line publishes on the `next` dist-tag"	"... on the `latest` dist-tag", versioning link kept	same as above
the repo README and both npm READMEs	"public beta", "Beta of the unified Prisma CLI", "Install the beta package", "Beta notes"	"release candidate", "Install the package", "Release candidate notes"	`docs/oss/versioning.md`: "Prisma 8 ships as a release-candidate line ahead of `8.0.0` final". The npm READMEs already say "This is a release-candidate package" two lines below the old heading.
`README.md`, Command Model	groups `database` and `app`	`postgres` and `service`	`packages/cli/src/commands/` has `auth`, `branch`, `bucket`, `git`, `postgres`, `project`, `service`. The npm README's command table lists the same groups.

After this PR, git grep -nE "prisma@next|@prisma/cli@next|on the .next. dist-tag|public beta" -- README.md 'packages/*/README.md' examples docs/reference returns nothing.

Why it matters

npm view prisma dist-tags and npm view @prisma/cli dist-tags on 2026-10-12:

next:   8.0.0-rc.10  (published 2026-08-25)
latest: 8.0.0-rc.22  (published 2026-10-08)

So the documented install command gives a reader a build that is twelve release candidates old. The npm README is also what AI assistants read when they describe the Prisma CLI, and "public beta" is the wording they repeat.

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Whether to re-point the next dist-tag at the current release. test(cli): cover the @latest package spec in CLI hints #346 lists the three npm dist-tag add commands for the release operator.

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The READMEs told readers to install `prisma@next` and `@prisma/cli@next` and called the CLI a public beta. docs/oss/versioning.md says every release publishes under `latest` since the 2026-08-25 cutover, that `next` lags, and that new text should say plain `prisma`. On npm today `next` is 8.0.0-rc.10 and `latest` is 8.0.0-rc.20. - Install commands use the plain package name. - "public beta" becomes "release candidate", the wording the READMEs already use in their notes section. - The root README's command list names `postgres` and `service`, the groups the CLI mounts, in place of `database` and `app`. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Documentation
- Updated CLI and Prisma guidance to describe version 8.0.0 as a release candidate, available through the latest tag.
- Revised installation examples to use untagged package commands.
- Updated the documented CLI command model to use postgres and service instead of database and app; bucket remains unchanged.
Bug Fixes
- Updated CLI package selection to use the latest tag for release candidates.

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The README files now describe the CLI and Prisma as release candidates. Installation examples no longer pin packages to @next, and the 8.0.0 release-candidate notes specify the latest dist-tag. The root README replaces the database and app command groups with postgres and service; bucket remains.

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Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 16257

The root README’s command names conflict with the project’s stated command contract. Align the documentation and command surface before relying on it.

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🟡 Minor · Keep the documented command groups aligned with the command contract. · README.md:77-79

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Keep the documented command groups aligned with the command contract.

docs/product/command-principles.md applies to the current preview and future unified CLI. It defines database and app as the preview groups and prohibits a postgres namespace. Restore those canonical names here, or update that governing contract and the command tree together.
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…MEs (#348) The `prisma` and `@prisma/cli` READMEs, which npm shows on both package pages, introduce the CLI and Prisma ORM. Their intros don't name Prisma's other two products; Prisma Postgres appears only in the Commands table. This adds one sentence after the intro, in both files: > Prisma also runs [Prisma Postgres](https://www.prisma.io/postgres) (managed Postgres) and [Prisma Compute](https://www.prisma.io/compute) (app hosting). No other changes. Prisma Postgres and Prisma Compute don't require Prisma ORM, and Prisma ORM keeps working with every database it supports. npm shows this on the next release. The new paragraph sits between the intro and the first `---`, clear of the lines #331 edits, so the two PRs merge in either order. Drafted with Claude Code. 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code) Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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main already switched PRISMA_CLI_PACKAGE_SPEC to @latest in #331. Resolve the conflict in packages/cli/src/cli-command.ts by keeping main's version of the comment, so this branch now only adds packages/cli/tests/cli-command.test.ts. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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