the key name. For
example:</p>
<pre><code>key[] = &quot;first value&quot;
key[] = &quot;second value&quot;
</code></pre><h4 id="comments">Comments</h4>
<p>Lines in <code>.npmrc</code> files are interpreted as comments when they begin with a <code>;</code> or <code>#</code> character. <code>.npmrc</code> files are parsed by <a href="https://github.com/npm/ini">npm/ini</a>, which specifies this comment syntax.</p>
<p>For example:</p>
<pre><code># last modified: 01 Jan 2016
; Set a new registry for a scoped pa