address pr comments, added alpha, beta tags

Author: idelacruz98

.github/workflows/publish-npm.yml

@@ -19,33 +19,36 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
-      - name: Extract version from branch name
-        id: version
-        run: |
-          BRANCH_NAME="${{ github.ref_name }}"
-          
-          # Extract version from release-X.X.X branch name
-          if [[ $BRANCH_NAME =~ ^release-(.+)$ ]]; then
-            VERSION="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
-            echo "version=$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          else
-            echo "❌ Error: Branch must be named 'release-X.X.X'"
-            exit 1
-          fi
-          
       - name: Setup Node.js
         uses: actions/setup-node@v6
         with:
           node-version: '22'
           registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
 
       - name: Install dependencies
-        run: npm install
+        run: |
+          npm ci
+          npm run prepare
+      
+      - name: Determine NPM tag
+        id: npm-tag
+        run: |
+          VERSION="${{ github.ref_name }}"
+          if [[ $VERSION == *"-alpha"* ]]; then
+            echo "tag=alpha" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "📦 Publishing with tag: alpha"
+          elif [[ $VERSION == *"-beta"* ]]; then
+            echo "tag=beta" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "📦 Publishing with tag: beta"
+          else
+            echo "tag=" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "📦 Publishing without explicit tag (npm default)"
+          fi
         
       - name: Verify version matches package.json
         run: |
           PACKAGE_VERSION=$(npm run version:local --silent)
-          BRANCH_VERSION="${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}"
+          BRANCH_VERSION="${{ github.ref_name }}"
           
           if [ "$PACKAGE_VERSION" != "$BRANCH_VERSION" ]; then
             echo "❌ Error: Version mismatch!"
@@ -55,7 +58,7 @@ jobs:
           
       - name: Check if version already published
         run: |
-          VERSION="${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}"
+          VERSION="${{ github.ref_name }}"
           PUBLISHED_VERSION=$(npm run version:published --silent 2>/dev/null || echo "")
           
           if [ "$PUBLISHED_VERSION" == "$VERSION" ]; then
@@ -67,25 +70,37 @@ jobs:
         if: inputs.dry_run == true
         run: |
           echo "🔍 DRY RUN MODE"
-          npm publish --dry-run
+          TAG="${{ steps.npm-tag.outputs.tag }}"
+          if [ -n "$TAG" ]; then
+            echo "📦 Tag: $TAG"
+            npm publish --dry-run --tag "$TAG"
+          else
+            echo "📦 No explicit tag (using npm default)"
+            npm publish --dry-run
+          fi
           
       - name: Publish to NPM
         if: inputs.dry_run == false
-        run: npm publish
+        run: |
+          TAG="${{ steps.npm-tag.outputs.tag }}"
+          if [ -n "$TAG" ]; then
+            npm publish --tag "$TAG"
+          else
+            npm publish
+          fi
         env:
           NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Verify publication
         if: inputs.dry_run == false
         run: |
           sleep 10
-          npm view opentok-react-native@${{ steps.version.outputs.version }} version
+          npm view opentok-react-native@${{ github.ref_name }} version
           
       - name: Summary
         if: always()
         run: |
           echo "## Publish Summary" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
           echo "" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          echo "- **Version**: ${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          echo "- **Branch**: ${{ github.ref_name }}" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo "- **Version**: ${{ github.ref_name }}" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
           echo "- **Dry Run**: ${{ inputs.dry_run }}" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY