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Gives every module made from this template a release process out of the box: development snapshots on each push, and stable releases from a versioning pull request.

What changes

  • .github/workflows/release.yml
    • dev: a push to main with a pending changeset publishes a snapshot under the dev dist-tag. latest stays where it is, and the branch is left without a commit or a git tag.
    • release: keeps a pull request titled chore(release): version packages open while changesets are pending. Merging it publishes to latest, pushes a v<version> tag and creates a GitHub Release.
  • scripts/release-check.mjs, a pre-publish gate with no dependencies, and 15 Jest tests.
  • .changeset/config.json: access is public, matching publishConfig, and a snapshot block gives versions such as 0.1.0-dev.20260920005709.
  • RELEASING.md documents the channels, the gate, the one-time setup, and how a site follows the dev tag. The README table links to it.
  • package.json: files no longer lists templates. The directory does not exist, npm ignores a missing entry silently, and the new gate refused it.

Who can publish

Each channel runs as a build job followed by a publish job.

Job Runs repository code Holds id-token: write
snapshot, version Yes, install scripts included No
dev, release No. They have no checkout and no install Yes

The build jobs end by packing a tarball into a run artifact, and the publish jobs hand that tarball to npm. A pull request rehearses snapshot only, so code in a pull request never runs with publishing rights.

Authentication is npm trusted publishing (OIDC), so there is no token. Nothing publishes until the repository variable NPM_PUBLISH is true, and this template never sets it. Until then the packed tarball is the dry run.

The build stays on the pinned Node. The publish jobs use Node 22, because trusted publishing needs npm 11.5.1 or later.

Testing

Step Result
npm test 33 pass, coverage floor holds
Rehearsal with a temporary changeset: snapshot, build, gate Gate refused the missing templates entry, passes after the fix
--unpublished Prints druxt-module-template@0.1.0-dev.…
npm pack --pack-destination One tarball, druxt-module-template-0.1.0-dev.….tgz
npm run lint, Vale, yamllint, actionlint Clean. cspell run from a copy outside the worktree

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features

    • Added automated publishing for development snapshots and stable releases through CI.
    • Added pre-publish validation to prevent invalid, incomplete, or outdated packages from being published.
    • Changesets access is now public, with snapshot versioning support.
    • Published packages now contain only built distribution files.
  • Documentation

    • Added release guidance covering snapshot releases, stable releases, validation, and trusted publishing.
    • Updated the project overview with release process information.

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The package now supports automated dev snapshot and stable latest releases through separate build and publish jobs. A release-check script validates package metadata, dependencies, versions, registry state, and published files before npm publication.

Changes

Automated package publishing

Layer / File(s) Summary
Publication contract
.changeset/config.json, package.json
Changesets now uses public access and calculated snapshot versions. The package publishes only dist and adds a release:check script.
Pre-publish validation
scripts/release-check.mjs, test/release-check.test.js
The release-check gate validates versions, dependency protocols, published versions, registry responses, package files, and command-line options. Tests cover accepted and rejected publication cases.
CI release workflow and documentation
.github/workflows/release.yml, README.md, RELEASING.md
CI builds and validates tarballs without publishing permissions, then publishes dev snapshots or stable latest releases when conditions allow. The documentation describes the workflow and setup.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant GitHubActions
  participant Changesets
  participant ReleaseCheck
  participant Npm
  GitHubActions->>Changesets: calculate snapshot or stable version
  Changesets-->>GitHubActions: provide package version
  GitHubActions->>ReleaseCheck: validate packed package
  ReleaseCheck-->>GitHubActions: return validation result
  GitHubActions->>Npm: publish tarball to dev or latest
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Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to f89f7

Dev snapshots and stable releases can fail when configured as documented. The remaining credential and dependency risks in privileged release workflows should also be fixed before merge.

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In @.github/workflows/release.yml:
- Around line 130-133: Set persist-credentials to false in the actions/checkout
step, then update the final tag-push command to supply authentication explicitly
through the existing GH_TOKEN environment variable; leave gh release create’s
GH_TOKEN usage unchanged.
- Around line 43-45: Remove id-token: write from the dev validation job and
separate snapshot publication from validation into a dedicated job that runs
only on the main branch, with a protected environment when available. Ensure the
existing PUBLISH guard remains scoped to the actual publication command and
grant OIDC permission only to the main-only publication job.

In `@RELEASING.md`:
- Line 48: Update step 2 in the trusted publisher setup instructions to select
“npm publish” under “Allowed actions” while preserving the existing GitHub
organization, repository, workflow filename, and empty environment settings.

In `@scripts/release-check.mjs`:
- Around line 90-91: Update the files validation in the manifest checking flow
to add a problem when manifest.files is absent, not an array, or an empty array,
while retaining the existing per-entry iteration for valid non-empty lists.

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