create-release.yml

name: Create release

on:
  workflow_dispatch:
    inputs:
      version:
        description: "The version of React Native we want to release. For example 0.75.0-rc.0"
        required: true
        type: string
      is-latest-on-npm:
        description: "Whether we want to tag this release as latest on NPM"
        required: true
        type: boolean
        default: false
      dry-run:
        description: "Whether the job should be executed in dry-run mode or not"
        type: boolean
        default: true

jobs:
  create_release:
    if: github.repository == 'facebook/react-native'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v6
        with:
          token: ${{ secrets.REACT_NATIVE_BOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          fetch-depth: 0
          fetch-tags: 'true'
      - name: Verify NPM token
        run: |
          if [[ -z "$GHA_NPM_TOKEN" ]]; then
            echo "⚠️ No NPM token found. Skipping validation."
            exit 0
          fi
          echo "//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=$GHA_NPM_TOKEN" > ~/.npmrc
          if ! npm whoami > /dev/null 2>&1; then
            echo "❌ NPM token is invalid or expired. Aborting release."
            exit 1
          fi
          echo "✅ NPM token is valid ($(npm whoami))"
          rm -f ~/.npmrc
        env:
          GHA_NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GHA_NPM_TOKEN }}
      - name: Check if on stable branch
        id: check_stable_branch
        run: |
          BRANCH="$(git branch --show-current)"
          PATTERN='^0\.[0-9]+-stable$'
          if [[ $BRANCH =~ $PATTERN ]]; then
            echo "On a stable branch"
            echo "ON_STABLE_BRANCH=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
          fi
      - name: Print output
        run: echo "ON_STABLE_BRANCH ${{steps.check_stable_branch.outputs.ON_STABLE_BRANCH}}"
      - name: Check if tag already exists
        id: check_if_tag_exists
        run: |
          TAG="v${{ inputs.version }}"
          TAG_EXISTS=$(git tag -l "$TAG")
          if [[ -n "$TAG_EXISTS" ]]; then
            echo "Version tag already exists!"
            echo "TAG_EXISTS=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
          fi
      - name: Execute Prepare Release
        if: ${{ steps.check_stable_branch.outputs.ON_STABLE_BRANCH && !steps.check_if_tag_exists.outputs.TAG_EXISTS }}
        uses: ./.github/actions/create-release
        with:
          version: ${{ inputs.version }}
          is-latest-on-npm: ${{ inputs.is-latest-on-npm }}
          dry-run: ${{ inputs.dry-run }}