Add a GitHub workflow to automate release process

.github/workflows/release.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+# For details see: https://superface.ai/blog/npm-publish-gh-actions-changelog
+name: Release package
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      release-type:
+        type: choice
+        required: true
+        description:
+          'The release type that will be passed to npm version command'
+        options:
+          [
+            'patch',
+            'minor',
+            'major',
+            'prepatch',
+            'preminor',
+            'premajor',
+            'prerelease',
+          ]
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    name: Release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Ensure running on main branch
+        if: github.ref_name != github.event.repository.default_branch
+        run: |
+          echo "This workflow must not be triggered on a branch other than main"
+          exit 1
+
+      # Checkout project repository
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          # Using deploy key to push changes to repository
+          # See: https://stackoverflow.com/a/76135647
+          ssh-key: ${{ secrets.DEPLOY_KEY }}
+
+      # Configure Git
+      - name: Git configuration
+        run: |
+          git config --global user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+          git config --global user.name "GitHub Actions"
+
+      # Setup Node.js environment
+      - name: Setup Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: 20
+          cache: 'yarn'
+          registry-url: https://registry.npmjs.org/
+
+      # Bump package version
+      # Use tag 'latest'
+      - name: Bump release version
+        if: startsWith(github.event.inputs.release-type, 'pre') != true
+        run: |
+          echo "TAG_NAME=$(npm --no-git-tag-version version $RELEASE_TYPE)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "RELEASE_TAG=latest" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        env:
+          RELEASE_TYPE: ${{ github.event.inputs.release-type }}
+
+      # Bump package pre-release version
+      # Use tag 'beta'
+      - name: Bump pre-release version
+        if: startsWith(github.event.inputs.release-type, 'pre')
+        run: |
+          echo "TAG_NAME=$(npm --no-git-tag-version --preid=beta version $RELEASE_TYPE)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "RELEASE_TAG=beta" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        env:
+          RELEASE_TYPE: ${{ github.event.inputs.release-type }}
+
+      - name: Build and bump package version in the example
+        run: |
+          yarn install --frozen-lockfile && cd example
+          yarn upgrade @fishjam-dev/react-native-client && cd ..
+
+      # Commit changes
+      - name: Commit changed files and create a new tag
+        run: |
+          git add package.json yarn.lock example/yarn.lock
+          git commit -m "Release ${{ env.TAG_NAME }}"
+          git tag ${{ env.TAG_NAME }}
+
+      # Publish version to public repository
+      - name: Publish
+        run: npm publish --verbose --access public --tag ${{ env.RELEASE_TAG }}
+        env:
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+
+      # Push repository changes
+      - name: Push changes to repository
+        run: |
+          git push origin && git push --tags
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      # Create GitHub release with autogenerated notes
+      - name: Create GitHub release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        with:
+          name: 'Release ${{ env.TAG_NAME }}'
+          tag_name: ${{ env.TAG_NAME }}
+          prerelease: ${{ startsWith(github.event.inputs.release-type, 'pre') }}
+          generate_release_notes: true
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -94,11 +94,20 @@ Our pre-commit hooks verify that the linter and tests pass when committing.
 
 ### Publishing to npm
 
+#### Releasing via GitHub Actions
+
+To release a new version of the package, navigate to `Actions` >
+`Release package` workflow and trigger it with the chosen release type. The
+workflow will update the package version in `package.json`, release the package
+to NPM, create a new git tag and a GitHub release.
+
+#### Releasing manually
+
 We use [release-it](https://github.com/release-it/release-it) to make it easier
-to publish new versions. It handles common tasks like bumping version based on
-semver, creating tags and releases etc.
+to publish new versions manually. It handles common tasks like bumping version
+based on semver, creating tags and releases etc.
 
-To publish new versions, run the following:
+To publish a new version, run the following:
 
 ```sh
 yarn release