From 359e2beab826702a2d98afd34f6a3601a76bb505 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthew Haines-Young <matthew@humanmade.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2022 11:58:43 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Github npm publish action + Instructions

---
 .github/actions/publish-to-npm/action.yml | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 CONTRIBUTING.md                           |  7 +++++++
 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .github/actions/publish-to-npm/action.yml

diff --git a/.github/actions/publish-to-npm/action.yml b/.github/actions/publish-to-npm/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4956cf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/publish-to-npm/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+name: Publish to npm
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - v*.*.*
+jobs:
+  publish:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-node
+        with:
+          cache_version: ${{ secrets.GH_ACTIONS_CACHE_KEY }}
+      - run: npm install
+      - run: npm run build
+      - run: npm publish
+        env:
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.npm_token }}
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 0da700a..42f07a0 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -6,6 +6,13 @@ Human Made - Block Editor Components - Contribution Guide
 * Open a pull request against [`humanmade/block-editor-components`](https://github.com/humanmade/block-editor-components)
 * Pull requests should be reviewed and merged by an engineer at Human Made.
 
+## Releasing a new version.
+
+* Check out `main` locally and check you are synced with origin. `git checkout main & git reset origin/main --hard`
+* Run `npm version major|minor|patch`, adjusting as necessary depending on the type of release.
+* `git push -u origin/new-release --tags`
+* Once the new tag is shared, a github action will build and publish to npm automatically.
+
 ## Local development.
 
 You can contribute to this project whilst working on a project that is using it by using [npm link](https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v8/commands/npm-link).