change prerelease version format to fix tagging

Author: OliverDudgeon

publish-client/action.yaml

@@ -58,14 +58,16 @@ runs:
         # Input tag is SemVer compliant, use it directly
         VERSION="$INPUT_TAG"
         echo "Input tag '$INPUT_TAG' is valid SemVer. Using version '$VERSION'."
+        # Let npm publish determine the tag (latest or pre-release tag)
       else
         # Input tag is not SemVer, treat as branch/tag name
         echo "Input tag '$INPUT_TAG' is not valid SemVer. Generating pre-release version."
         # Sanitize the tag: replace non-alphanumeric/hyphen chars with hyphen
         SANITIZED_TAG=$(echo "$INPUT_TAG" | sed 's/[^a-zA-Z0-9-]/-/g')
-        # Construct the version string: major.minor.0-tag-pipeline
-        VERSION="${MAJOR}.${MINOR}.0-${SANITIZED_TAG}-${PIPELINE_ID}"
+        # Construct the version string: major.minor.0-tag.pipeline
+        VERSION="${MAJOR}.${MINOR}.0-${SANITIZED_TAG}.${PIPELINE_ID}"
         echo "Generated version: $VERSION"
+        # Publish with a tag derived from the sanitized input tag - npm handles this automatically now
       fi
 
       # Update package.json version
@@ -75,6 +77,9 @@ runs:
       head package.json # Keep for debugging output
       git config user.name "${GITHUB_ACTOR}"
       git config user.email "${GITHUB_ACTOR}@users.noreply.github.com"
+      echo "Publishing to NPM version '$VERSION'. Tag will be automatically determined by npm."
+      # Note: The space before $NPM_TAG_ARG is important if it's non-empty
+      # Npm automatically determines the tag (latest for standard, pre-id for pre-releases)
       npm publish
     shell: bash
     env: