Versioning and shipping design tokens via NPM
WHAT IT TESTS: package versioning discipline for a shared dependency. OUTLINE: semver, deprecate-before-delete with aliases, codemods and migration guides. RED FLAG: silently renaming tokens and bumping a minor version, breaking every consumer.
WHAT IT TESTS: whether you treat tokens as a versioned API contract, not just a JSON dump. ANSWER OUTLINE: publish via semver where token rename or delete is a major bump; keep old tokens as deprecated aliases for one cycle; ship a changelog, migration guide, and a codemod; automate publishing from a build of source-of-truth tokens. RED FLAG: deleting a token in a patch or minor release, or renaming without aliases, so consuming apps break at build or runtime with no upgrade path.
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