Running np lets you choose the release type and tag interactively, but np prerelease requires to pre-specify the tag via flag, erroring if it doesn't have it:

❯ np premajor
  ❯ Prerequisite check
    ✔ Ping npm registry
    ✔ Verify user is authenticated
    ✔ Check git remote
    ✔ Validate version
    ✖ Check for pre-release version
      → You must specify a dist-tag using --tag when publishing a pre-release ve
…
      Check git tag existence
    Git
    Cleanup
    Installing dependencies using npm
    Running tests using npm
    Bumping version using npm
    Publishing package using npm
    Pushing tags

✖ You must specify a dist-tag using --tag when publishing a pre-release version. This prevents accidentally tagging unstable versions as "latest". https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/dist-tag

Steps to reproduce

1. $ np premajor

Expected behavior

$ np premajor should be the same as $ np premajor --tag next or let you choose interactively.

Environment

np 4.0.2
node v11.6.0
npm 6.9.0
git 2.19.1
OS: macOS 10.14.3