chore(workflow): update npm-publish.yml to use latest version of rele…

…ase-please-action and actions/checkout@v4

.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml

@@ -4,41 +4,27 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
-
 jobs:
   release-please:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - name: Release Please
-        id: release-please
-        uses: GoogleCloudPlatform/release-please-action@v2
+      - uses: google-github-actions/release-please-action@v4
+        id: release
         with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           release-type: node
-          package-name: "gqlprune"
-
-      - name: Create GitHub Release
-        if: steps.release-please.outputs.release-created == 'true'
-        uses: actions/create-release@v1
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        with:
-          tag_name: ${{ steps.release-please.outputs.tag }}
-          release_name: Release ${{ steps.release-please.outputs.tag }}
-          body: ${{ steps.release-please.outputs.release-notes }}
-
-  publish-npm:
-    needs: release-please
-    if: needs.release-please.outputs.release-created == 'true'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+      # The logic below handles the npm publication:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        # these if statements ensure that a publication only occurs when
+        # a new release is created:
+        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
-          node-version: '20'
-          registry-url: https://registry.npmjs.org/
-
+          node-version: 20
+          registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
+        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
       - run: npm ci
+        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
       - run: npm publish
         env:
-          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{secrets.NPM_TOKEN}}
+        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}