ci: Publish script (#653)

Author: gligorkot

.github/workflows/publish.yml

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+# Version tags only
+
+name: Publish
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+
+
+env:
+  NODE_VERSION: 18
+
+jobs:
+  npmPublish:
+    name: Publish to npm
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    env:
+      # It'll work with secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN (which is provided by GitHub unconditionally)
+      # Still then release author would be "github-actions". It's better if it's dedicated repo bot
+      GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.USER_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Retrieve dependencies from cache
+        id: cacheNpm
+        uses: actions/cache@v3
+        with:
+          path: |
+            ~/.npm
+            node_modules
+          key: npm-v${{ env.NODE_VERSION }}-${{ runner.os }}-${{ github.ref }}-${{ hashFiles('package.json') }}
+
+      - name: Install Node.js and npm
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          node-version: ${{ env.NODE_VERSION }}
+          registry-url: https://registry.npmjs.org
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        if: steps.cacheNpm.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+        run: |
+          npm ci
+
+      - name: Publish new version
+        # Note: Setting NODE_AUTH_TOKEN as job|workspace wide env var won't work
+        #       as it appears actions/setup-node sets own value
+        env:
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+        run: npm publish
+
+      - name: Create and publish a release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+        with:
+          tag_name: ${GITHUB_REF##*/}
+          prerelease: false
+          generate_release_notes: true