polish pass over current GitHub actions

Author: rlindner81

.github/workflows/main-ci.yml

@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 # https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions
-# This workflow will protect the main branch by testing and linting new PRs and commits
+# This workflow will protect the main branch by testing and linting new commits
 
 name: Main CI
 
 # https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/events-that-trigger-workflows#push
 on:
   push:
-    branches:
-      - main
+    branches: [main]
 
 jobs:
   test:
@@ -24,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
-          cache: "npm"
+          cache: npm
       - run: npm ci --package-lock
       - run: npm test
 
@@ -35,6 +34,6 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: 18
-          cache: "npm"
+          cache: npm
       - run: npm ci --package-lock
       - run: npm run lint:ci

.github/workflows/main-pr.yml

@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 # https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions
-# This workflow will protect the main branch by testing and linting new PRs and commits
+# This workflow will protect the main branch by testing and linting new PRs
 
 name: Main PR
 
 # https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/events-that-trigger-workflows#pull_request
 on:
   pull_request:
-    branches:
-      - main
+    branches: [main]
 
 jobs:
   test:
@@ -24,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
-          cache: "npm"
+          cache: npm
       - run: npm ci --package-lock
       - run: npm test
 
@@ -35,6 +34,6 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: 18
-          cache: "npm"
+          cache: npm
       - run: npm ci --package-lock
       - run: npm run lint:ci

.github/workflows/publish-release.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions
+# This workflow will publish any new release to the npmjs registry
+
+name: Publish Release
+
+# https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/events-that-trigger-workflows#release
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  release:
+    types: [released]
+
+jobs:
+  publish:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: 18
+          cache: npm
+          # NOTE: the explicit registry-url is currently needed for the auth token to work
+          registry-url: https://registry.npmjs.org/
+      - run: npm ci --package-lock
+      - run: npm test
+      - run: npm run lint:ci
+      - run: npm publish --access public
+        env:
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{secrets.NPM_TOKEN}}