Update release script: delegate publishing to GitHub Actions and refine messaging

Author: Deepak Kumar

bin/release.sh

@@ -4,17 +4,17 @@ set -e
 VERSION=$(node -p "require('./package.json').version")
 TAG="v${VERSION}"
 
-echo "Releasing ${TAG}..."
+echo "Preparing release ${TAG}..."
 
 # Ensure working tree is clean (except for untracked build artifacts)
 if ! git diff --quiet || ! git diff --cached --quiet; then
   echo "ERROR: Working tree has uncommitted changes. Commit or stash them first."
   exit 1
 fi
 
-# Publish to NPM first — this runs prepublishOnly (lint + test + build)
+# Run prepublishOnly (lint + test + build) — actual publishing is done by GitHub Actions on tag push.
 # If this fails, nothing is tagged or pushed.
-npm publish
+npm run prepublishOnly
 
 # Force-add the build artifacts generated by prepublishOnly
 git add -f bundles/ esm6/
@@ -30,4 +30,4 @@ git rm -r --cached bundles/ esm6/
 git commit -m "chore: untrack build artifacts after ${TAG}"
 git push
 
-echo "Released ${TAG} successfully."
+echo "Tagged and pushed ${TAG}. GitHub Actions will publish to NPM."