publish.yml

name: Publish VS Code Extension

on:
  create:
    tags:
      - 'v*'  # Trigger on creating version tags (e.g., v1.0.0)

jobs:
  publish:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      # Step 1: Checkout the repository
      - name: Check out the code
        uses: actions/checkout@v3

      # Step 2: Set up Node.js environment
      - name: Set up Node.js
        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
        with:
          node-version: '18'  # Use Node version compatible with vsce

      # Step 3: Install vsce globally
      - name: Install vsce
        run: npm install -g vsce

      # step 3.5: install packages
      - name: Install dependencies
        run: npm install

      # Step 4: Authenticate using your Personal Access Token (PAT)
      - name: Authenticate with the Visual Studio Marketplace
        env:
          VSCE_PAT: ${{ secrets.VSCE_PAT }}
        run: echo "//vsce.dev/_authToken=$VSCE_PAT" > ~/.npmrc

      # Step 5: Run vsce publish to publish the extension
      - name: Publish the Extension
        env:
          VSCE_PAT: ${{ secrets.VSCE_PAT }}
        run: vsce publish