Manual GitHub Release in CD (#1920)

Co-authored-by: Mayank <[email protected]>

.github/workflows/changeset-release.yml

@@ -68,11 +68,10 @@ jobs:
           GIT_COMMITTER_NAME: github-actions[bot]
           GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL: github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com
 
-      - name: Publish to npm (if not already published)
+      - name: Publish to npm & GitHub (if not already published)
         if: steps.changesets_files.outputs.exists != 'true'
         run: |
           pnpm release
-          git push origin --tags
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.IMJS_ADMIN_GH_TOKEN }}
           NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPMJS_PUBLISH_ITWIN }}

package.json

@@ -38,16 +38,18 @@
     "approve:react": "pnpm --filter react-workshop approve",
     "clean": "turbo run clean && rimraf node_modules",
     "changeset": "npx -y @changesets/cli",
-    "release": "pnpm run build --filter=\"{./packages/*}...\" && pnpm changeset publish"
+    "release": "pnpm run build --filter=\"{./packages/*}...\" && pnpm node ./scripts/publish-packages.mjs"
   },
   "dependencies": {},
   "devDependencies": {
     "@itwin/itwinui-css": "workspace:*",
     "@itwin/itwinui-variables": "workspace:*",
     "chokidar-cli": "^3.0.0",
     "concurrently": "^8.2.2",
+    "execa": "^8.0.1",
     "husky": "^9.0.10",
     "lint-staged": "^15.2.2",
+    "octokit": "^3.1.2",
     "prettier": "~3.1.0",
     "rimraf": "^5.0.5",
     "serve": "^14.2.1",