GitHub Actions npm Publish

Automated npm package publishing with Changesets. Handles versioning, changelogs, and GitHub releases on merge to main.

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Template Code

.github/workflows/github-actions-npm-publish.yml

name: Release

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main

concurrency: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}

jobs:
  release:
    name: Release
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions:
      contents: write
      pull-requests: write
      id-token: write
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0

      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
        with:
          node-version: '20'
          cache: 'npm'
          registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'

      - name: Install dependencies
        run: npm ci

      - name: Build packages
        run: npm run build

      - name: Create Release Pull Request or Publish
        uses: changesets/action@v1
        with:
          publish: npm run release
          title: 'chore: version packages'
          commit: 'chore: version packages'
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}