publish.yml

name: Publish Package

on:
  # Trigger workflow when a tag starting with 'v' is pushed (e.g., v1.0.0)
  push:
    tags:
      - 'v*.*.*'

jobs:
  publish:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      # Step 1: Check out the repository code
      - name: Checkout repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v3

      # Step 2: Set up the Node.js environment
      - name: Setup Node.js environment
        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
        with:
          node-version: '18'                      # Specify Node.js version (change if needed)
          registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org/'  # Set the registry URL for npm

      # Step 3: Install project dependencies
      - name: Install dependencies
        run: npm ci

      # Step 4: Build the project (compile TypeScript or run your build script)
      - name: Build project
        run: npm run build

      # Step 5: Run tests to ensure the package works correctly before publishing
      # name: Run tests
      #  run: npm test

      # Step 6: Publish the package to npm using the provided token
      - name: Publish package to npm
        run: npm publish
        env:
          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}  # Use the secret stored in GitHub repo secrets