node.js.deploy.yml

name: Deploy to npm

# MANUAL execution only
#
# Also runs the full set of tests, with the deploying Node + TypeScript version.

on: workflow_dispatch

jobs:
  build_and_test_many_versions:
    uses: ./.github/workflows/node.js.yml # use the callable tests job to run tests
  build_test_and_deploy:
    name: Build, Test and Deploy to npm
    needs: [build_and_test_many_versions] # require tests to pass before deploy runs
    environment: prod
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    strategy:
      # using matrix here as env variables did not work
      matrix:
        # use node 14 because 16+ uses package-lock.json version 2
        node-version: [14.x]
        # use the usual TypeScript version, slightly older for more compatibility
        typescript-version: [4.0.5]
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - name: Use Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }} and TypeScript ${{ matrix.typescript-version }}
        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
        with:
          node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
          registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
      # npm ci - for a clean install, fails safe
      - run: npm ci
      - run: npm install --development typescript@${{ matrix.typescript-version }}
      - run: npm test
      # only deploy to npmjs, if this is master
      - name: Deploy
        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
        run: npm publish
        env:
          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}