publish-to-npm

To publish multiple npm packages in a synchronized release, you automate version bumps, builds, and verifications across all targets before pushing to the registry. This lockstep approach ensures all packages share a single version tag for downstream consumers.

A lockstep release workflow for npm packages bumps versions across all packages simultaneously, builds artifacts, runs dry-run checks, and publishes in one coordinated sequence. This prevents version mismatch issues in production deployments.

Before automating an npm publish workflow, you need a clean git working tree, npm login credentials for your organization, and a selected new version number. Pre-publish checks verify these requirements before building artifacts.

A dry-run publish check prevents npm release failures by simulating the publishing process to catch issues before the actual release. It runs after building artifacts and before the final npm publish step and git tagging.

Publishing to npm requires a clean working tree as a pre-publish check. The release workflow will prompt you to commit or stash uncommitted changes before proceeding with version bumps, builds, and npm publishing.

Git tagging after npm publishing marks the exact commit associated with the synchronized release version. This ensures traceability between the published npm artifacts and the source code state for all packages.