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Author: gregblt

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
-          npm ci  # Installs dependencies based on the lockfile (package-lock.json)
+          npm install  # Installs dependencies 
 
       - name: Build the library
         run: npm run build  # Runs your build script from package.json

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -1,36 +1,60 @@
-name: Release - Test, Build, Publish
+name: Build, Test, and Publish Library
 
 on:
-  release:
-    types: [created]  # Triggers when a new release is created
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - v1  # or whatever branch you want to test PRs against
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - 'v*.*.*'  # trigger on new version tags for publishing to npm
 
 jobs:
-  test_build_publish:
+  test:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        node-version: [14, 18, 23]  # Test on Node.js versions 14, 18, and 23
-
+        node-version: [14, 18, 23]  # Define the Node.js versions to test on
+    
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2  # Checkout code
 
       - name: Set up Node.js
         uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}  # Use the Node.js version from the matrix
+          node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}  # Use the version from the matrix
 
       - name: Install dependencies
-        run: |
-          npm ci  # Installs dependencies based on the lockfile (package-lock.json)
+        run: npm ci  # Install dependencies from the lockfile
 
       - name: Build the library
-        run: npm run build  # Runs your build script from package.json
+        run: npm run build  # Assuming you have a build script in package.json
 
       - name: Run tests
-        run: npm test  # Runs your test command
+        run: npm test  # Run your tests
+
+  publish:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: test  # Ensure the tests are run first
+    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')  # Only run this on new version tags
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: Set up Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          node-version: 18  # Use any version (this is just for publishing)
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: npm ci  # Install dependencies from the lockfile
+
+      - name: Build the library
+        run: npm run build  # Build your library
 
       - name: Publish to npm
+        run: npm publish --access public  # Publish to npm
+
         env:
-          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}  # Make sure to set NPM_TOKEN as a secret in GitHub
-        run: npm publish --access public  # Publishes the package to npm
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}  # Ensure the token is set in GitHub Secrets