Publish through pkr.pr.new workflow (release-it/release-it)

The Publish through pkr.pr.new workflow from release-it/release-it, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

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Source: release-it/release-it.github/workflows/pkg.pr.new.ymlLicense MITView source

What it does

This is the Publish through pkr.pr.new workflow from the release-it/release-it repository, a real project running GitHub Actions. It is shown here with attribution under its MIT license.

Below, Latchkey shows a faster, safer version produced by its optimization engine.

The workflow

workflow (.yml)

name: Publish through pkr.pr.new

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - '**'
    tags:
      - '!**'
  pull_request:
  workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
  publish:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'release-it' }}
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
      - uses: actions/setup-node@48b55a011bda9f5d6aeb4c2d9c7362e8dae4041e # v6.4.0
        with:
          node-version: 20
      - run: npx --yes pkg-pr-new publish --compact --comment=update

The same workflow, on Latchkey

Estimated ~20% faster on cache hits, plus fewer wasted runs and a safer supply chain. Added and changed lines are highlighted.

name: Publish through pkr.pr.new
 
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - '**'
    tags:
      - '!**'
  pull_request:
  workflow_dispatch:
 
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  publish:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'release-it' }}
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0 # v7.0.0
      - uses: actions/setup-node@48b55a011bda9f5d6aeb4c2d9c7362e8dae4041e # v6.4.0
        with:
          cache: 'npm'
          node-version: 20
      - run: npx --yes pkg-pr-new publish --compact --comment=update

What changed

Run on Latchkey managed runners with one line (runs-on), which apply the fixes below automatically and self-heal transient failures. This example uses latchkey-small; pick the runner size that fits the job.
Cancel superseded runs when a branch or PR gets a newer push.
Cache dependency installs on the setup step so they are served from cache.
Add a job timeout so a hung step cannot burn hours of runner time.

This workflow runs 1 job per trigger. On Latchkey the same minutes cost up to 58% less than GitHub-hosted, with zero queue time.

Actions used in this workflow

actions/checkout actions/setup-node