Separated release workflow from testing and building

.github/workflows/main.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Test, Build and Release
+name: Test, Build
 
 on:
     # Triggers the workflow on push or pull request events but only for the main branch
@@ -29,23 +29,4 @@ jobs:
               run: npm run build
 
             #   https://github.com/marketplace/actions/automated-releases-for-npm-packages
-    release:
-        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' && github.event_name != 'pull_request'
-        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-        needs: ["test_build"]
-        steps:
-            - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-            - uses: mikeal/merge-release@master
-              env:
-                  GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-                  NPM_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
-            # - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-            # # Setup .npmrc file to publish to npm
-            # - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
-            #   with:
-            #       node-version: "16.x"
-            #       registry-url: "https://registry.npmjs.org"
-            # - run: npm ci
-            # - run: npm publish --access public
-            #   env:
-            #       NODE_AUTH_TOKEN:
+

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+name: release
+on:
+    release:
+        types: [created]
+jobs:
+    release:
+        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+        steps:
+            # Checkout the exact commit tagged on the release.
+            - name: Checkout repo
+              uses: actions/checkout@v3
+              with:
+                  ref: ${{ github.event.release.target_commitish }}
+
+            # This is the action in this repo! 👇
+            # Note we set an `id` called `release`. We'll use that later...
+            - name: Validate and extract release information
+              id: release
+              uses: manovotny/github-releases-for-automated-package-publishing-action@v2.0.1
+
+            # When setting the node version for publishing a release, it's also impotant
+            # to set `always-auth` and `registry-url` too. I've encountered vauge errors
+            # and publishing doesn't work unless they are supplied.
+            #
+            # This example is using NPM's registry. If you were publishing to GitHub's
+            # Package registry, you'd use `https://npm.pkg.github.com` instead.
+            - name: Set node version
+              uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+              with:
+                  always-auth: true
+                  node-version: '16.x'
+                  registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
+
+            # Perform installs, run tests, run a build step, etc. here, as needed.
+
+            # The last two steps will publish the package. Note that we're using
+            # information from the `release` step above (I told you we'd use it
+            # later). Notice the `if` statements on both steps...
+            #
+            # If there *is* a tag (ie. `beta`, `canary`, etc.), we publish a
+            # "pre-release" or "tagged" version of a package (ie. 1.2.3-beta.1).
+            #
+            # If there *is not* a tag (ie. `beta`, `canary`, etc.), we publish a
+            # version of a package (ie. 1.2.3).
+            #
+            # This example is using npm to publish, but you could just as easily
+            # use yarn, if you prefer. It's also publishing to the NPM registry,
+            # thus, it's using `NPM_TOKEN`, but you could just as easily use
+            # `GITHUB_TOKEN` if you were publishing to the GitHub Package registry.
+
+            # This will publish a "pre-release" or "tagged" version of a package.
+
+            # This will publish a version of a package.
+            - name: Publish version
+              if: steps.release.outputs.tag == ''
+              run: npm publish
+              env:
+                  NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+
+            - name: Publish tagged version
+              if: steps.release.outputs.tag != ''
+              run: npm publish --tag ${{ steps.release.outputs.tag }}
+              env:
+                  NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "retrievetokens",
-  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "version": "1.0.1",
   "description": "A simple package for interacting with web client storages like `localStorage`",
   "source": "src/index.ts",
   "exports": {