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fix(release): pass --tag next when publishing a pre-release #481

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12 changes: 11 additions & 1 deletion .github/workflows/release.yml
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Expand Up @@ -386,6 +386,7 @@ jobs:
if: ${{ ! inputs.dry_run && inputs.publish_package }}
env:
INPUT_VERSION: ${{ inputs.version }}
INPUT_PRERELEASE: ${{ inputs.prerelease }}
TARBALL: ${{ steps.pack.outputs.tarball }}
run: |
actual="$(node -p "require('./package.json').name + '@' + require('./package.json').version")"
Expand All @@ -394,6 +395,15 @@ jobs:
echo "::error::package.json identity (${actual}) does not match expected (${expected}) — refusing to publish (ADR-0040)" >&2
exit 1
fi
# Pre-release versions must publish under a non-`latest` dist-tag.
# `npm publish` refuses to default a prerelease to `latest` and
# exits with "You must specify a tag using --tag when publishing
# a prerelease version." `inputs.prerelease == true` → publish
# under `next`; stable releases → default `latest` (no `--tag`).
publish_args=("--provenance")
if [ "${INPUT_PRERELEASE}" = "true" ]; then
publish_args+=("--tag" "next")
fi
set +e
view_output="$(npm view "specorator@${INPUT_VERSION}" version --json 2>&1)"
view_exit=$?
Expand All @@ -405,7 +415,7 @@ jobs:
# published archive equals the GitHub Release asset uploaded in
# step 11 (T-V05-013). `--provenance` mints a sigstore provenance
# statement via the OIDC token (ADR-0044, restoring ADR-0040).
npm publish --provenance "${TARBALL}"
npm publish "${publish_args[@]}" "${TARBALL}"
else
echo "::error::npm view failed with a non-404 error — refusing to publish so EPUBLISHCONFLICT cannot mask a real failure" >&2
echo "$view_output" >&2
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