sync-themes-branch-target-release.yml

name: Publish to target tag based off of branch name
on:
  push:
    branches:
      # only run on branch names that match:
      # arc-themes-release-{numbers}.{numbers} per product
      - arc-themes-release-[0-9]+\.[0-9]+
    # only run on changes to these files
    paths:
      - '**.js'

jobs:
  publish:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    env:
      NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NODE_AUTH_TOKEN }}
      SYNCED_RELEASE_TAG: ${{ github.ref_name }} # targets branch name ref_name
    steps:
      - name: Set git username
        run: git config --global user.email "jack.howard@washpost.com" && git config --global user.name "Jack Howard"

      - name: Checkout repo
        uses: actions/checkout@v2
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0
          token: ${{ secrets.NODE_AUTH_TOKEN }}
        
      # pulls all tags (needed for lerna / semantic release to correctly version)
      - name: Pull tags to give lerna access to git info
        run: git fetch --depth=1 origin +refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*

      - name: Configure NPM
        run: |
          echo "//npm.pkg.github.com/:_authToken=$NODE_AUTH_TOKEN" > .npmrc
          echo '@wpmedia:registry=https://npm.pkg.github.com' >> .npmrc

      - name: Publish to target tag based off of branch name
        run: npx lerna publish --dist-tag ${{ env.SYNCED_RELEASE_TAG }} --canary --preid ${{ env.SYNCED_RELEASE_TAG }} -y