publish-release.yml

name: Release latest package

on:
  release:
    types: [released]

jobs:
  build:
    # Run on latest version of ubuntu
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
        with:
          # "ref" specifies the branch to check out.
          # "github.event.release.target_commitish" is a global variable and specifies the branch the release targeted
          ref: ${{ github.event.release.target_commitish }}
      # install Node.js
      - name: Use Node.js 18
        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
        with:
          node-version: 18
          # Specifies the registry, this field is required!
          registry-url: https://registry.npmjs.org/
      # clean install of your projects' deps. We use "npm ci" to avoid package lock changes
      - run: npm ci
      # set up git since we will later push to the repo
      - run: git config --global user.name "GitHub CD bot"
      - run: git config --global user.email "pawel@devnullapps.com"
      # upgrade npm version in package.json to the tag used in the release.
      - run: npm version ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}
      # build the project
      - run: npm run build
      # publish to NPM -> there is one caveat, continue reading for the fix
      - run: npm publish --tag latest
        env:
          # Use a token to publish to NPM. See below for how to set it up
          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}