npm - what does -D flag mean in "npm install -D <package_name>"?

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I wanted to install sass and I'm not sure what does the-D flag mean in the command below:

npm install -D sass

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The -D flag is a shorthand for --save-dev that saves the package as a dev-dependency.

Note:

Dev-dependencies are packages in the package.json file that you need only for project development purposes.

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