feat(manifest): add oprion to skip creating github release

docs/manifest-releaser.md

@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ documented in comments)
   // absence defaults to [] (i.e. no plugins)
   "plugins": ["node-workspace", "cargo-workspace"],
 
-  // optional top-level defaults that can be overriden per package:
+  // optional top-level defaults that can be overridden per package:
 
   // set default package release-type to "python"
   // absence defaults to "node"
@@ -153,6 +153,9 @@ documented in comments)
   // absence defaults to false and Releases are created as already Published.
   "draft": true
 
+  // Skip creating GitHub Releases
+  // absence defaults to false and Releases will be created
+  "skip-github-release": true,
 
   // per package configuration: at least one entry required.
   // the key is the relative path from the repo root to the folder that contains

src/index.ts

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ interface GitHubOptions {
 export interface GitHubReleaseOptions {
   releaseLabel?: string;
   draft?: boolean;
+  skipGithubRelease?: boolean;
 }
 
 // Used by ReleasePR: Factory and Constructor
@@ -101,6 +102,7 @@ export type ManifestPackage = Pick<
   | 'releaseAs'
   | 'changelogSections'
   | 'changelogPath'
+  | 'skipGithubRelease'
 > & {
   // these items are not optional in the manifest context.
   path: string;

src/manifest.ts

@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ interface ReleaserConfigJson {
   'bump-patch-for-minor-pre-major'?: boolean;
   'changelog-sections'?: ChangelogSection[];
   'release-as'?: string;
+  'skip-github-release'?: boolean;
   draft?: boolean;
 }
 
@@ -240,6 +241,10 @@ export class Manifest {
             config['release-as']
           ),
           draft: pkgCfg['draft'] ?? config['draft'],
+          skipGithubRelease:
+            pkgCfg['skip-github-release'] ??
+            config['skip-github-release'] ??
+            false,
         };
         packages.push(pkg);
       }
@@ -676,15 +681,17 @@ export class Manifest {
       );
       return;
     }
-    const packagesForReleasers = await this.getPackagesToRelease(
-      // use the lastMergedPR.sha as a Commit: lastMergedPR.files will inform
-      // getPackagesToRelease() what packages had changes (i.e. at least one
-      // file under their path changed in the lastMergedPR such as
-      // "packages/mypkg/package.json"). These are exactly the packages we want
-      // to create releases/tags for.
-      [{sha: lastMergedPR.sha, message: '', files: lastMergedPR.files}],
-      lastMergedPR.sha
-    );
+    const packagesForReleasers = (
+      await this.getPackagesToRelease(
+        // use the lastMergedPR.sha as a Commit: lastMergedPR.files will inform
+        // getPackagesToRelease() what packages had changes (i.e. at least one
+        // file under their path changed in the lastMergedPR such as
+        // "packages/mypkg/package.json"). These are exactly the packages we want
+        // to create releases/tags for.
+        [{sha: lastMergedPR.sha, message: '', files: lastMergedPR.files}],
+        lastMergedPR.sha
+      )
+    ).filter(pkg => !pkg.config.skipGithubRelease);
     const releases: Record<string, GitHubReleaseResponse | undefined> = {};
     let allReleasesCreated = !!packagesForReleasers.length;
     for (const pkg of packagesForReleasers) {