ci: prep for prerelease

.github/workflows/onRelease.yml

@@ -1,20 +1,32 @@
-name: On Release
+name: publish
 
-# when a github release happens, publish an npm package,
 on:
   release:
-    types: [released]
-  # support manual release
+    types: [published]
+  # support manual release in case something goes wrong and needs to be repeated or tested
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       tag:
         description: tag that needs to publish
         type: string
         required: true
 jobs:
+  # parses the package.json version and detects prerelease tag (ex: beta from 4.4.4-beta.0)
+  getDistTag:
+    outputs:
+      tag: ${{ steps.distTag.outputs.tag }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.event.release.tag_name || inputs.tag  }}
+      - uses: salesforcecli/github-workflows/.github/actions/getPreReleaseTag@main
+        id: distTag
+
   npm:
     uses: salesforcecli/github-workflows/.github/workflows/npmPublish.yml@main
+    needs: [getDistTag]
     with:
-      ctc: false
+      tag: ${{ needs.getDistTag.outputs.tag || 'latest' }}
       githubTag: ${{ github.event.release.tag_name || inputs.tag }}
     secrets: inherit

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@salesforce/templates",
-  "version": "60.1.1",
+  "version": "61.0.0-beta.0",
   "salesforceApiVersion": "59",
   "description": "Salesforce JS library for templates",
   "bugs": "https://github.com/forcedotcom/salesforcedx-templates/issues",