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ci: Add step to generate GitHub App token #24

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19 changes: 15 additions & 4 deletions .github/workflows/release.yml
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- main

permissions:
contents: write # push tags, changelog commits
issues: write # comment on issues
pull-requests: write # comment on PRs
id-token: write # needed for semantic-release to authenticate with npm registry via GitHub's OIDC token
contents: write # create tags, releases, and commit changelogs
id-token: write # exchange GitHub App token for OIDC token
packages: write # publish to npm registry via GitHub Packages (trusted publishing)

jobs:
release:
name: semantic-release
runs-on: ubuntu-latest

steps:
- name: Generate GitHub App token
id: app-token
uses: actions/create-github-app-token@v2
with:
app-id: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_APP_ID }}
private-key: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}

steps:
# Checkout the repository
- name: Checkout repository
uses: actions/checkout@v6
with:
fetch-depth: 0 # Fetch all history for all branches and tags (required to allow semantic-release to analyze commits)
token: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }} # Use GitHub App token for checkout

# Setup Node.js v24
- name: Setup Node.js
uses: actions/setup-node@v6
with:
node-version: 24
registry-url: https://registry.npmjs.org

# Install semantic-release plugins to determine the next version, update changelog, publish to npm, and create GitHub release
# - semantic-release@25: The main semantic-release package
# - @semantic-release/changelog@6: Update the changelog file
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semantic-release@25 \
@semantic-release/changelog@6 \
@semantic-release/git@10 \

# Run semantic-release to automate the release process
- name: Run semantic-release
env:
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