npm publish to gpr

copy-registry-publish-bash.yml

# on a situation that both publish on npm and gpr are required. the package.json file should stay clean! 
# but other ways to set the registry won't work so there we should change the package.json on bash!
# there we go:
jobs:
  publish-gpr:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v1
      - uses: actions/setup-node@v1
        with:
          node-version: 12
      - name: Set Registry to Package.json
        # the actual copy the registry into the package.json! change the username to the user's or org's username!
        run: |
          # remove one last charachter of the file (the '}') here... don't left any space or other character at end of package.json instead of the '}'
          truncate -s-1 ./package.json
          # the copy of registry
          echo ",\"publishConfig\":{\"registry\":\"https://npm.pkg.github.com/@username\"}}" >> ./package.json
          # show the file (unnecessary)
          cat "./package.json"
      - name: Test & Build
        run: |
          npm ci
          npm test
          npm run build
      - name: Copy Static Files to ./dist/
        # this is for copy all other file than builds to the pakcage folder
        run: cp -r ./package.json ./dist/ && cp -r ./LICENSE ./dist/ && cp -r ./README.md ./dist/ 
      - name: Set GPR Configs
        run: |
          npm config set //npm.pkg.github.com/:_authToken=${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          npm config list # to show the configs!
      - name: Publish GPR
        run: cd dist && npm publish # publish the ./dist folder
        env:
          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}

package.json

{
 
  "all other stuff" : "when using the package registery config (just this option is working right now! #bug) there's no need to the complicated-publish-bash.yml file!",
  
  
  "publishConfig": {
    "registry":"https://npm.pkg.github.com/@username"
  }
}

simple-publish-bash.yml

name: Publish Github Package

on: [push]

jobs:
  publish-gpr:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - uses: actions/setup-node@v1
        with:
          node-version: 12
      - name: Publish to GitHub Package Registry
        run: |
          # so simple and have only two steps:
          # set the publish registry config of npm 
          npm config set //npm.pkg.github.com/:_authToken=${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          # the publish command
          npm publish