ci: prereleases now use their tag instead of latest

Before pushing the `v1.2.3-alpha` tag would override `v1`, `v1.2`, and `v1.2.3`
as well as pushing to `latest` instead of `alpha`. This commit fixes that.

Author: Tygo-van-den-Hurk

.github/workflows/many--publish-npm-package.yaml

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
       is_release: ${{ steps.version.outputs.is_release }}
+      is_prerelease: ${{ steps.version.outputs.is_prerelease }}
       npm_tag: ${{ steps.version.outputs.npm_tag }}
       package_version: ${{ steps.package.outputs.version }}
       package_name: ${{ steps.package.outputs.name }}
@@ -51,17 +52,26 @@ jobs:
       - name: Determine version and tag
         id: version
         run: |
-          if [[ "${GITHUB_REF}" == refs/tags/* ]]; then
-            echo "TAG_VERSION=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/v}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          if [[ "${GITHUB_REF}" == refs/tags/v*.*.*-* ]]; then
+            # prerelease for example: v1.2.3-alpha
+            echo "npm_tag=${GITHUB_REF##*-}"  >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "is_release=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "is_prerelease=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          elif [[ "${GITHUB_REF}" == refs/tags/v*.*.* ]]; then
+            # release for example: v1.2.3
             echo "npm_tag=latest" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
             echo "is_release=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "is_prerelease=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           else
+            # regular commit 
             echo "npm_tag=unstable" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
             echo "is_release=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "is_prerelease=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           fi
       - name: Verify tag matches package.json
         if: steps.version.outputs.is_release == 'true'
         run: |
+          TAG_VERSION="${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/v}"
           if [ "$PACKAGE_VERSION" != "$TAG_VERSION" ]; then
             echo -n "Error: package.json version ($PACKAGE_VERSION)"
             echo " does not match tag ($TAG_VERSION)"
@@ -150,8 +160,11 @@ jobs:
             IFS='.' read -r MAJOR MINOR PATCH <<< "$PACKAGE_VERSION"
             npm dist-tag add "$PACKAGE_NAME@$PACKAGE_VERSION" "$MAJOR.$MINOR"
             npm dist-tag add "$PACKAGE_NAME@$PACKAGE_VERSION" "$MAJOR"
+          elif [ "${{ needs.build.outputs.is_prerelease }}" = "true" ]; then
+            npm version prerelease --preid "${{ needs.build.outputs.npm_tag }}" --no-git-tag-version
+            npm publish --registry ${{ matrix.registry_url }} --tag ${{ needs.build.outputs.npm_tag }}
           else
             SHORT_SHA=${GITHUB_SHA:0:7}
-            npm version prerelease --preid=${{ needs.build.outputs.npm_tag }}-$SHORT_SHA --no-git-tag-version
+            npm version prerelease --preid "${{ needs.build.outputs.npm_tag }}-$SHORT_SHA" --no-git-tag-version
             npm publish --registry ${{ matrix.registry_url }} --tag ${{ needs.build.outputs.npm_tag }}
           fi