update: modify publish workflow to trigger on version tags and enhance version checking before publishing

Author: developer-sumit

.github/workflows/publish.yml

@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
-name: NPM Package
+name: Publish to NPM
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches:
-      - main
+    tags:
+      - "v*"
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
   publish:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      id-token: write
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
@@ -16,16 +20,37 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Node.js
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
-          node-version: '20.x'
+          node-version: "24.x"
           registry-url: "https://registry.npmjs.org"
 
+      - name: Ensure npm supports trusted publishing
+        run: npm i -g npm@11.5.1
+
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: npm ci
+        env:
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_READ_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Build
         run: npm run build
 
-      - name: Publish to NPM
-        run: npm publish
-        env:
-          NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Check Version
+        id: check-version
+        run: |
+          PACKAGE_VERSION=$(node -p "require('./package.json').version")
+          NPM_VERSION=$(npm view react-native-lab version 2>/dev/null || echo "0.0.0")
+
+          echo "Package Version: $PACKAGE_VERSION"
+          echo "NPM Version: $NPM_VERSION"
+
+          if [ "$PACKAGE_VERSION" != "$NPM_VERSION" ]; then
+            echo "New version detected. Proceeding with publish."
+            echo "IS_NEW_VERSION=true" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          else
+            echo "Version $PACKAGE_VERSION already exists on NPM. Skipping publish."
+            echo "IS_NEW_VERSION=false" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          fi
+
+      - name: Publish to NPM (OIDC)
+        if: env.IS_NEW_VERSION == 'true'
+        run: npm publish --access public