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[BUG] Unexpected binary invoked

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Current Behavior

I've run following in context of some local package:

npx github-release-from-cc-changelog v2.34.7

With github-release-from-cc-changelog neither being available locally or globally

Instead of github-release-from-cc-changelog binary npx invokes dump-release-notes-from-cc-changelog binary

Expected Behavior

It's github-release-from-cc-changelog binary that should be invoked

I'm using npx as bundled with npm v6.14.7 (not exactly sure which version of npm is that, as npx -v outputs npm verison)

$ npx -v
6.14.7
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npx takes a package name, not a bin name, and selects the first bin listed. I don't think there's any way to use npx to invoke alternative binaries in a package.

One workaround might be to create a fourth binary that can dispatch to the other three, and put that first? (or even, to make that the primary interface for the package and only provide one binary)

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npx takes a package name ... and selects the first bin listed

Would there be any implications in improving the logic, so it's a binary which matches the package name that is picked (only if it's found, otherwise it could be first in a list, as it happens now)