release.yaml

# This github action publishes a release. It can be triggered manually.
name: Publish Release

on:
  workflow_dispatch:
    inputs:
      dryRun:
        description: "Dry Run"
        required: false
        default: false
        type: choice
        options:
        - false
        - true

jobs:
  publish-release:
    name: Release the main branch as a new version to the npm registry.
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    env:
      NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
      DRY_RUN: ${{ inputs.dryRun }}
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
        with:
          node-version: "20.4"
          cache: 'npm'
          cache-dependency-path: 'package-lock.json'

      - name: echo versions
        run: |
          node --version
          npm --version

      # install dependencies
      - name: install dependencies
        run: npm ci

      # run all tests before publishing a release
      - name: run tests
        run: npm run build

      - name: add token to .npmrc
        run: echo '//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=${NPM_TOKEN}' >> .npmrc

      - name: configure git name/email
        run: |
          git config user.name "Repoman Release Action"
          git config user.email github-actions@github.com

      - name: publish release
        run: |
          set -x
          if [[ $DRY_RUN = true ]]; then
            npm run release -- --dry-run
            git --no-pager status
            git --no-pager log -n5
            git --no-pager diff --cached
            git --no-pager diff
          else
            npm run release
            git push --follow-tags origin main
            npm publish
          fi