release-it.yml

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# 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