Release script update

[kpal81xd]

Overview

• Updates release script to be bash based over node
• Uses the npm version command to create and update versions with and without tagging
• Removes ability to choose manually between create and finalize release (will be determined based on current branch)
• Changes default confirmation to N instead of Y
• Updated publish.yaml to use prerelease tag preview and adds step to upload to code.playcanvas.com

Testing

• Check minor release
• Check patch/prerelease

Post Merge

• Cherry pick over to release-2.7
• Cherry pick over to main_v1
• Cherry pick over to release-1.77

[Copilot]

Pull Request Overview

Updates the release process by replacing the Node.js script with a Bash script, adjusting version formats, and extending the CI workflow to handle preview releases and upload to code.playcanvas.com.

• Adds release.sh for branch- and tag-based releases, removes release.cjs
• Adjusts package.json dev version to include .0
• Updates publish.yaml to support preview prerelease tags and a new upload step

Reviewed Changes

Copilot reviewed 5 out of 5 changed files in this pull request and generated 3 comments.

File	Description
release.sh	New Bash-based release script handling branch creation and finalization
release.cjs	Entirely removed old Node.js release script
package.json	Bump dev version from "2.8.0-dev" to "2.8.0-dev.0"
.github/workflows/publish.yaml	Add preview tag pattern, publish step branching, and upload to API

Comments suppressed due to low confidence (1)

release.sh:9

• The dot in the version regex is not escaped, so it matches any character. Escape it (e.g., \.) to ensure it only matches the literal period.

RELEASE_REGEX="^$RELEASE_PREFIX[0-9]+.[0-9]+$"

[Copilot]

Pull Request Overview

This PR updates the release process by replacing the Node‐based script with a Bash script and adjusting the release versioning and publishing workflows. Key changes include:

• Introducing a Bash-based release script (release.sh) while removing the previous release.cjs.
• Updating version formatting in package.json.
• Enhancing the publish workflow (.github/workflows/publish.yaml) to handle preview releases and add a step for publishing to code.playcanvas.com.

Reviewed Changes

Copilot reviewed 5 out of 5 changed files in this pull request and generated 2 comments.

File	Description
release.sh	New Bash release script to create and finalize releases using npm version commands.
release.cjs	Removal of the legacy Node-based release script.
package.json	Updated version field to include a build segment.
.github/workflows/publish.yaml	Adjusted tag parsing and publishing logic to support the preview prerelease tag and publish step.

Comments suppressed due to low confidence (1)

package.json:3

• [nitpick] The updated version format now includes an additional build segment ('.0'); ensure that related versioning documentation and downstream tooling are updated accordingly.

"version": "2.8.0-dev.0",