Beta builds (manual trigger)

.github/workflows/beta.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+name: Beta
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      force:
+        description: 'Force release even if no changes detected'
+        type: boolean
+        default: false
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+
+jobs:
+  beta:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: github.repository == 'playcanvas/engine' && github.ref_name == 'main'
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Set up Node.js 22.x
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: 22.x
+          cache: 'npm'
+          registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org/'
+
+      - name: Configure Git User
+        run: |
+          git config --global user.email "[email protected]"
+          git config --global user.name "GitHub Action"
+        shell: bash
+
+      - name: Check for changes
+        if: github.event.inputs.force == 'false'
+        run: |
+          last_tag=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)
+          if ! git diff --quiet --exit-code $last_tag; then
+            echo "Changes found since v$last_tag"
+          else
+            echo "No changes detected since v$last_tag"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+      - name: Bump version
+        run: |
+          npm version prerelease --preid=beta
+
+      - name: Push version
+        run: |
+          git push origin HEAD:${{ github.ref_name }}
+          git push origin --tags
+        shell: bash

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Checkout code
       uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-    - name: Setup Node.js 18.x
+    - name: Setup Node.js 22.x
       uses: actions/setup-node@v4
       with:
         node-version: 22.x

.github/workflows/publish.yaml

@@ -1,20 +1,21 @@
-name: Publish to npm
+name: Publish
 
 on:
   push:
     tags:
       - 'v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+'
       - 'v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+-preview.[0-9]+'
+      - 'v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+-beta.[0-9]+'
 
 jobs:
-  publish-npm:
+  publish:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: github.repository == 'playcanvas/engine'
     steps:
       - name: Check out code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: Set up Node.js 18.x
+      - name: Set up Node.js 22.x
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: 22.x
@@ -40,6 +41,8 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           if [[ "${{ env.TAG }}" =~ "preview" ]]; then
             tag=preview
+          elif [[ "${{ env.TAG }}" =~ "beta" ]]; then
+            tag=beta
           else
             tag=latest
           fi

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "playcanvas",
-  "version": "2.9.0-dev.0",
+  "version": "2.9.0-beta.0",
   "author": "PlayCanvas <[email protected]>",
   "homepage": "https://playcanvas.com",
   "description": "PlayCanvas WebGL game engine",

release.sh

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 MAIN_BRANCH="main"
 
-PRE_ID_DEV="dev"
+PRE_ID_BETA="beta"
 PRE_ID_PREVIEW="preview"
 
 RELEASE_PREFIX="release-"
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ if [[ "$BRANCH" == "$MAIN_BRANCH" ]]; then
     git branch "$RELEASE_BRANCH" "$BRANCH"
 
     # Bump minor prerelease version on main 
-    npm version preminor --preid=$PRE_ID_DEV --no-git-tag-version
+    npm version preminor --preid=$PRE_ID_BETA --no-git-tag-version
     git commit -m "$RELEASE_MESSAGE" -- package.json package-lock.json
 
     # Switch to release branch