chore(repo): ensure first release gets set for changelog creation

Author: Coly010

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -40,12 +40,17 @@ jobs:
       NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
       NPM_CONFIG_PROVENANCE: true
       GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
-
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
+          fetch-tags: 'true'
+
+      - name: Configure Git User
+        run: |
+          git config --global user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+          git config --global user.name "github-actions[bot]"
 
       - name: Setup pnpm
         uses: pnpm/action-setup@v4
@@ -55,10 +60,24 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: 20.12
+          registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
           cache: 'pnpm'
 
+      # Ensure that the NPM_TOKEN secret is still valid before wasting any time deriving data or building projects
+      - name: Check NPM Credentials
+        run: npm whoami && echo "NPM credentials are valid" || (echo "NPM credentials are invalid or have expired." && exit 1)
+        env:
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+          NPM_CONFIG_PROVENANCE: true
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+
+
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
 
       - name: Release packages
         run: pnpm release --version ${{ github.event.inputs.specifier }} --dist-tag ${{ github.event.inputs.dist-tag }} --dry-run=${{ github.event.inputs.dry-run }} --first-release=${{ github.event.inputs.first-release }}
+        env:
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+          NPM_CONFIG_PROVENANCE: true
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}

package.json

@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
     "sass": "^1.79.3",
     "sass-embedded": "^1.79.3",
     "sass-loader": "^16.0.2",
+    "semver": "^7.5.3",
     "tcp-port-used": "^1.0.2",
     "ts-morph": "^24.0.0",
     "ts-node": "10.9.1",

pnpm-lock.yaml

@@ -4,6 +4,29 @@ import {
   releasePublish,
 } from 'nx/src/command-line/release';
 import yargs from 'yargs';
+import { parse } from 'semver';
+
+export function deriveDistTagFromSpecifier(distTag: string, specifier: string) {
+  // dist-tag was explicitly set
+  if (distTag && distTag !== 'infer-from-specifier') {
+    return distTag;
+  }
+
+  // Derive dist-tag from specifier
+  if (
+    specifier.startsWith('pre') ||
+    specifier.includes('-alpha') ||
+    specifier.includes('-beta')
+  ) {
+    return 'next';
+  }
+
+  if (parse(specifier)?.prerelease.length) {
+    return 'next';
+  }
+
+  return 'latest';
+}
 
 (async () => {
   try {
@@ -46,7 +69,7 @@ import yargs from 'yargs';
       specifier: options.version,
       // stage package.json updates to be committed later by the changelog command
       stageChanges: true,
-      dryRun: true,
+      dryRun: options.dryRun,
       verbose: options.verbose,
     });
 
@@ -56,15 +79,15 @@ import yargs from 'yargs';
       gitTag: true,
       versionData: projectsVersionData,
       version: workspaceVersion,
-      interactive: 'workspace',
-      dryRun: true,
+      dryRun: options.dryRun,
       verbose: options.verbose,
+      firstRelease: options.firstRelease,
     });
 
     await releasePublish({
       firstRelease: options.firstRelease,
-      tag: options.distTag,
-      dryRun: true,
+      tag: deriveDistTagFromSpecifier(options.distTag, options.version),
+      dryRun: options.dryRun,
       verbose: options.verbose,
     });