Release-it: Create a new release on demand #39

	# #########################################################################
	# Creates a new release using `workflow_dispatch` event trigger with `type`
	# as input to describe the type of release to create
	name: 'Release-it: Create a new release on demand'

	on:
	workflow_dispatch:
	inputs:
	type:
	description: 'Type/Options. `major --preRelease=beta`, `--preRelease`, `major`, `patch`, `minor` or `major`'
	required: false
	default: 'patch'

	jobs:
	release:
	runs-on: [ubuntu-latest]
	strategy:
	matrix:
	node-version: [18.x]
	steps:
	- name: Checkout main
	uses: actions/checkout@v4
	with:
	ref: 'main'
	fetch-depth: 0 # fetch all commits history to create the changelog
	token: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}

	- name: Use Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}
	uses: actions/setup-node@v4
	with:
	node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
	cache: 'npm'

	- name: Install dependencies
	run: npm ci

	- name: Initialize Git user
	run: \|
	git config --global user.email "${{ github.actor }}@users.noreply.github.com }}"
	git config --global user.name "${{ github.actor }}"

	- name: Initialize NPM config
	run: \|
	npm config set //registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken $NPM_TOKEN
	env:
	NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}

	- name: Make the release
	env:
	GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
	NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
	run: \|
	# When all commits since the latest major tag should be added to the changelog, use --git.tagExclude='[-]'
	npx release-it ${{github.event.inputs.type}} --git.tagExclude='[-]' --ci --verbose

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