doc: document the latest-vX.x schema

marco-ippolito · aduh95 · commit ececd80d81a3 · 2026-06-18T00:15:49.000+02:00
Signed-off-by: Marco Ippolito <marcoippolito54@gmail.com> PR-URL: #63033 Reviewed-By: Pietro Marchini <pietro.marchini94@gmail.com> Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
diff --git a/doc/api/cli.md b/doc/api/cli.md
@@ -974,7 +974,8 @@ added: v23.10.0
 If present, Node.js will look for a configuration file at the specified path.
 Node.js will read the configuration file and apply the settings. The
 configuration file should be a JSON file with the following structure. `vX.Y.Z`
-in the `$schema` must be replaced with the version of Node.js you are using.
+in the `$schema` must be replaced with the version of Node.js you are using or
+`latest-vX.x` for the latest version of that major release line.
 
 ```json
 {

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`@@ -974,7 +974,8 @@ added: v23.10.0`
`974`	`974`	`If present, Node.js will look for a configuration file at the specified path.`
`975`	`975`	`Node.js will read the configuration file and apply the settings. The`
`976`	`976`	configuration file should be a JSON file with the following structure. `vX.Y.Z`
`977`		-in the `$schema` must be replaced with the version of Node.js you are using.
	`977`	+in the `$schema` must be replaced with the version of Node.js you are using or
	`978`	+`latest-vX.x` for the latest version of that major release line.
`978`	`979`
`979`	`980`	```json
`980`	`981`	`{`