Documentation improvement idea for "Publish in CI/CD" page

Documentation issue

[x] Documentation improvement

Improvement idea for Publish in CI/CD

I recently automated the release workflow of a package in GitHub (workflow yaml below). This setup triggers a release action (using the nx release --skip-publish command) whenever a new pull request merges into the main branch, eliminating the need for manual local releases (as described in the page). My suggestion is adding a section in the documentation to showcase how the release process can be automated within GitHub Actions, emphasizing the transition from pull-request-merge to automated publishing. This addition might be more informative for Nx users.

GitHub Actions workflow

name: Release & Publish
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main
jobs:
  release:
    name: Release
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions:
      contents: write
    timeout-minutes: 10
    steps:
      - name: Checkout repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0
      - name: Install Node
        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
        with:
          node-version: 20
          registry-url: https://registry.npmjs.org/
      - name: Install dependencies
        run: npm i
      - name: Build
        run: npm run build
      - name: Print Environment Info
        run: npx nx report
      - name: Configure git user
        run: |
          git config --local user.name "${{ github.actor }}"
          git config --local user.email "${{ github.actor }}@users.noreply.github.com"
      - name: Release packages
        run: npx nx release --skip-publish
        env:
          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}

  publish:
    name: Publish
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: release
    permissions:
      contents: read
      id-token: write
    steps:
      - name: Checkout repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0
      - name: Install Node
        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
        with:
          node-version: 20
          registry-url: https://registry.npmjs.org/
      - name: Install dependencies
        run: npm i
      - name: Release packages
        run: npx nx release publish
        env:
          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
          NPM_CONFIG_PROVENANCE: true

nrwl / nx

Documentation improvement idea for "Publish in CI/CD" page #22113

Documentation issue