npm-publish-beta.yml

name: NPM Publish@beta

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main

jobs:
  check_pkg_version:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    outputs:
      publishBeta: ${{ steps.compare.outputs.publishBinary }}

    steps:
    - name: "checkout"
      uses: actions/checkout@v3

    - name: "setup node"
      uses: actions/setup-node@v3
      with:
        node-version: '14'
        registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'

    - run: npm i semver-compare-cli

    - id: "compare"
      name: "compare local/live package versions"
      run: |
        echo '::echo::on'
        SHOULD_PUBLISH=0
        PKG_VERSION_LOCAL=`cat package.json | jq -r '.version'`
        echo 'local pkg: '$PKG_VERSION_LOCAL
        PKG_VERSION_PUBLISHED=`npm view @thencc/algonautjs@beta version`
        echo 'beta pkg: '$PKG_VERSION_PUBLISHED
        npx semver-compare $PKG_VERSION_LOCAL gt $PKG_VERSION_PUBLISHED && SHOULD_PUBLISH=1
        echo 'publish beta?: '$SHOULD_PUBLISH
        if [[ $SHOULD_PUBLISH ]] ; then echo "WILL npm publish beta"; else echo "NO npm publish needed" ; fi
        echo "::set-output name=publishBinary::$SHOULD_PUBLISH"

  # check_job_output:
  #   needs: [ check_pkg_version ]
  #   runs-on: ubuntu-latest
  #   steps:
  #     - run: |
  #         echo '::echo::on'
  #         echo "hello world"
  #         echo ${{ needs.check_pkg_version.outputs.publishBeta }}

  publish:
    needs: [ check_pkg_version ]
    if: needs.check_pkg_version.outputs.publishBeta == 1
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: "checkout"
        uses: actions/checkout@v3

      - name: "setup node"
        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
        with:
          node-version: 16
          registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
          # creates an .npmrc

      - name: "setup pnpm"
        uses: pnpm/action-setup@v2.2.2
        with:
          version: 8.5.0
          # auto install on use
          run_install: |
              args: [--no-frozen-lockfile, --strict-peer-dependencies]

      - name: "build"
        run: pnpm run build

      - name: "publish"
        run: |
          npm config set registry https://registry.npmjs.org/
          npm publish --access public --tag beta --greater-version-only
        env:
          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}