From 05b74e03febe438aa8e17ff7c8542f3dbe8fb17a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tavian Taylor <ttaylor@stackoverflow.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2025 14:23:48 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] allow changeset to create beta releases

---
 .changeset/config.json        |  1 +
 .github/workflows/release.yml | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.changeset/config.json b/.changeset/config.json
index ba9dbcc3..36f299c4 100644
--- a/.changeset/config.json
+++ b/.changeset/config.json
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     "fixed": [],
     "linked": [],
     "access": "public",
+    "canary": true,
     "baseBranch": "main",
     "updateInternalDependencies": "patch",
     "ignore": []
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 373aec06..8f24dbd0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ on:
             - CI
         branches:
             - main
+            - beta
         types:
             - completed
 
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
     release:
         name: Release
         # run only if the CI workflow is successful
-        if: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'success' }}
+        if: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'success' && github.event.workflow_run.head_branch == 'main' }}
         runs-on: ubuntu-latest
         steps:
             - name: ⬇️ Checkout
@@ -45,6 +46,34 @@ jobs:
               env:
                   GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.STACKS_TOOLING_GH_RW_PAT }}
                   NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_API_KEY }}
+    release_beta:
+        name: Release (beta)
+        if: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'success' && github.event.workflow_run.head_branch == 'beta' }}
+        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+        steps:
+            - name: ⬇️ Checkout
+              uses: actions/checkout@v3
+              with:
+                ref: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_commit.id }}
+
+            - name: ⎔ Setup node
+              uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+              with:
+                node-version: "lts/*"
+
+            - name: 🏗 Install and Build
+              run: |
+                npm ci
+                npm run build
+
+            - name: 🚀 Publish Pre-release to npm
+              id: changesets
+              uses: changesets/action@v1
+              with:
+                publish: npm run release -- --tag beta
+              env:
+                GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.STACKS_TOOLING_GH_RW_PAT }}
+                NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_API_KEY }}
 
 # cancel the jobs if another workflow is kicked off for the same branch
 concurrency: