deps: upgrade npm to 2.8.3

3 files changed, 49 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/deps/npm/doc/cli/npm-dist-tag.md b/deps/npm/doc/cli/npm-dist-tag.md
index f8e4566ca7..ce4f7ed4d5 100644
--- a/deps/npm/doc/cli/npm-dist-tag.md
+++ b/deps/npm/doc/cli/npm-dist-tag.md
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ When installing dependencies, a preferred tagged version may be specified:
 
 This also applies to `npm dedupe`.
 
-Publishing a package always sets the "latest" tag to the published version.
+Publishing a package sets the "latest" tag to the published version unless the
+`--tag` option is used. For example, `npm publish --tag=beta`.
 
 ## PURPOSE
 
diff --git a/deps/npm/doc/cli/npm-install.md b/deps/npm/doc/cli/npm-install.md
index acc221d31f..6c732c4f67 100644
--- a/deps/npm/doc/cli/npm-install.md
+++ b/deps/npm/doc/cli/npm-install.md
@@ -164,15 +164,51 @@ after packing it up into a tarball (b).
 
           npm install mygithubuser/myproject
 
-   To reference a package in a git repo that is not on GitHub, see git
-   remote urls below.
+   To reference a package in a generic git repo (not on GitHub), see git remote
+   urls below.
+
+* `npm install github:<githubname>/<githubrepo>`:
+
+    The same as the above, but explicitly marked as a GitHub dependency.
+
+    Example:
+
+          npm install github:npm/npm
+
+* `npm install gist:[<githubname>/]<gistID>`:
+
+    Install the package at `https://gist.github.com/gistID` by attempting to
+    clone it using `git`. The GitHub username associated with the gist is
+    optional and will not be saved in `package.json` if `--save` is used.
+
+    Example:
+
+          npm install gist:101a11beef
+
+* `npm install bitbucket:<bitbucketname>/<bitbucketrepo>`:
+
+    Install the package at `https://bitbucket.org/bitbucketname/bitbucketrepo`
+    by attempting to clone it using `git`.
+
+    Example:
+
+          npm install bitbucket:mybitbucketuser/myproject
+
+* `npm install gitlab:<gitlabname>/<gitlabrepo>`:
+
+    Install the package at `https://gitlab.com/gitlabname/gitlabrepo`
+    by attempting to clone it using `git`.
+
+    Example:
+
+          npm install gitlab:mygitlabuser/myproject
 
 * `npm install <git remote url>`:
 
     Install a package by cloning a git remote url.  The format of the git
     url is:
 
-          <protocol>://[<user>@]<hostname><separator><path>[#<commit-ish>]
+          <protocol>://[<user>[:<password>]@]<hostname><separator><path>[#<commit-ish>]
 
     `<protocol>` is one of `git`, `git+ssh`, `git+http`, or
     `git+https`.  If no `<commit-ish>` is specified, then `master` is
diff --git a/deps/npm/doc/files/package.json.md b/deps/npm/doc/files/package.json.md
index 18a398b77e..b1c8f210f4 100644
--- a/deps/npm/doc/files/package.json.md
+++ b/deps/npm/doc/files/package.json.md
@@ -272,11 +272,17 @@ The URL should be a publicly available (perhaps read-only) url that can be hande
 directly to a VCS program without any modification.  It should not be a url to an
 html project page that you put in your browser.  It's for computers.
 
-For GitHub repositories you can use the same shortcut syntax you use for `npm
-install`:
+For GitHub, GitHub gist, Bitbucket, or GitLab repositories you can use the same
+shortcut syntax you use for `npm install`:
 
     "repository": "npm/npm"
 
+    "repository": "gist:11081aaa281"
+
+    "repository": "bitbucket:example/repo"
+
+    "repository": "gitlab:another/repo"
+
 ## scripts
 
 The "scripts" property is a dictionary containing script commands that are run