From 5dd882c9692de02afec2005049a4ef782356396d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sasha <118575614+weboko@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2023 10:39:06 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] chore: make pre-release manual (#1702)

* make pre-release manual

* update md file
---
 .github/workflows/ci.yml          | 23 -----------------------
 .github/workflows/pre-release.yml | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 CONTRIBUTING.md                   |  9 +++++++++
 3 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/pre-release.yml

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 46988480ca..f57da9be15 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -96,29 +96,6 @@ jobs:
       test_type: nwaku-master
       debug: waku*
 
-  pre-release:
-    name: pre-release
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
-    needs: [check, proto, browser, node]
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-        with: 
-          repository: waku-org/js-waku
-
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
-        with:
-          node-version: ${{ env.NODE_JS }}
-          registry-url: "https://registry.npmjs.org"
-
-      - run: npm install
-
-      - run: npm run build
-
-      - run: npm run publish -- --tag next
-        env:
-          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_JS_WAKU_PUBLISH }}
-
   maybe-release:
     name: release
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pre-release.yml b/.github/workflows/pre-release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..77cf70f0e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/pre-release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+on:
+    workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+    pre-release:
+        name: pre-release
+        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+        if: github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
+        steps:
+          - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+            with: 
+              repository: waku-org/js-waku
+    
+          - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+            with:
+              node-version: ${{ env.NODE_JS }}
+              registry-url: "https://registry.npmjs.org"
+    
+          - run: npm install
+    
+          - run: npm run build
+    
+          - run: npm run publish -- --tag next
+            env:
+              NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_JS_WAKU_PUBLISH }}
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 05d7f04b4c..e7c708a434 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -60,3 +60,12 @@ Commit messages should never contain any `@` mentions (usernames prefixed with "
 
 Please refer to the [Git manual](https://git-scm.com/doc) for more information
 about Git.
+
+### Releasing
+
+`js-waku` has two types of releases:
+- public releases;
+- pre releases;
+
+Public releases happen by merging PRs opened by `release-please` action.
+Pre releases happen manually by triggering [this workflow](https://github.com/waku-org/js-waku/actions/workflows/pre-release.yml)