doc: document the latest-vX.x schema

marco-ippolito · aduh95 · commit 3494eae2c889 · 2026-05-19T14:08:16.000+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
@@ -1064,7 +1064,8 @@ The alias `--experimental-default-config-file` is equivalent to
 `--experimental-config-file` without an argument.
 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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@@ -1064,7 +1064,8 @@ The alias `--experimental-default-config-file` is equivalent to
`1064`	`1064`	`--experimental-config-file` without an argument.
`1065`	`1065`	`Node.js will read the configuration file and apply the settings. The`
`1066`	`1066`	configuration file should be a JSON file with the following structure. `vX.Y.Z`
`1067`		-in the `$schema` must be replaced with the version of Node.js you are using.
	`1067`	+in the `$schema` must be replaced with the version of Node.js you are using or
	`1068`	+`latest-vX.x` for the latest version of that major release line.
`1068`	`1069`
`1069`	`1070`	```json
`1070`	`1071`	`{`