ci: move "NPM Publish (Dry Run)" to Github Actions

Author: Saadnajmi

.ado/apple-pr.yml

@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ stages:
     dependsOn: []
     jobs:
       - template: /.ado/jobs/test-javascript.yml@self
-      - template: /.ado/jobs/npm-publish-dry-run.yml@self
 
   # https://github.com/microsoft/react-native-macos/issues/2344
   # The Verdaccio server consistently hangs on creation, which is required for the integration tests

.github/workflows/microsoft-npm-publish-dry-run.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+name: NPM Publish Dry Run
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - '*-stable'
+    paths-ignore:
+      - '*.md'
+
+jobs:
+  npm-publish-dry-run:
+    name: "NPM Publish (Dry Run)"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    env:
+      PUBLISH_TAG: 'latest'
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          filter: blob:none
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: '22'
+      - name: Configure git
+        run: |
+          git config --global user.email "[email protected]"
+          git config --global user.name "React-Native Bot"
+          git remote set-url origin https://rnbot:${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}@github.com/microsoft/react-native-macos
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: yarn
+      - name: Verify release config
+        run: |
+          node .ado/scripts/prepublish-check.mjs --verbose --skip-auth --tag ${{ env.PUBLISH_TAG }}
+
+      - name: Version and publish packages (dry run)
+        run: |
+          echo "Target branch: ${{ github.base_ref }}"
+          yarn nx release --dry-run --verbose

.github/workflows/microsoft-pr.yml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: PR
 on:
   pull_request:
     types: [opened, synchronize, edited]
-    branches: [ "main" ]
+    branches: [ "main", "*-stable", "release/*" ]
 
 concurrency:
   # Ensure single build of a pull request. `main` should not be affected.
@@ -35,4 +35,7 @@ jobs:
     name: "Build the website"
     permissions: {}
     uses: ./.github/workflows/microsoft-build-website.yml
-
+  npm-publish-dry-run:
+    name: "NPM Publish (Dry Run)"
+    permissions: {}
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/microsoft-npm-publish-dry-run.yml