Change github.ref to github.ref_name

.github/workflows/publish.yml

@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 name: publish
 
 on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-      inputs:
-          ci_status:
-              description: 'required CI status'
-              default: 'success'
-              required: true
-          prerelease:
-              description: 'prerelease name'
-              required: false
+    workflow_dispatch:
+        inputs:
+            ci_status:
+                description: 'required CI status'
+                default: 'success'
+                required: true
+            prerelease:
+                description: 'prerelease name'
+                required: false
 
 jobs:
     publish:
@@ -28,30 +28,52 @@ jobs:
                   version: nightly
             - uses: actions/checkout@v2
               with:
-                ref: ${{ github.ref }}
-                fetch-depth: 0
+                  ref: ${{ github.ref }}
+                  fetch-depth: 0
             - uses: actions/setup-node@v1
               with:
-                node-version: 16
+                  node-version: 16
             - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
             - name: 'configure git'
               run: |
                   git config --global user.email "github-actions@github.com"
                   git config --global user.name "Github Actions"
+            - name: 'Checkout new branch'
+              run: |
+                  git checkout -b publish/${{ github.ref_name }}-${{ github.run_id }}-${{ github.run_number }}
+                  git push -u origin publish/${{ github.ref_name }}-${{ github.run_id }}-${{ github.run_number }}
             - name: 'install dependencies'
               run: |
                   yarn -D
-            - name: 'build and publish'
+            - name: 'Test Commits'
               run: |
-                  echo '//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=${NPM_TOKEN}' > .npmrc
-                  npm run run:publish:gha
-              env:
-                  NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_PUBLISH_TOKEN }}
-                  GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
-                  PUBLISH_PRERELEASE: ${{ github.event.inputs.prerelease }}
-            - name: 'merge into main branch'
-              if: github.event.inputs.prerelease == '' # unless it's a prerelease
-              run: |
-                  git checkout main && \
-                  git merge ${{ github.ref }} && \
+                  echo "Dummy File" > dummy.txt
+                  git add . --all
+                  git commit -m "Updated CHANGELOGS & MD docs"
                   git push
+            # - name: 'build and publish'
+            #   run: |
+            #       echo '//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=${NPM_TOKEN}' > .npmrc
+            #       npm run run:publish:gha
+            #   env:
+            #       NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_PUBLISH_TOKEN }}
+            #       GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+            #       PUBLISH_PRERELEASE: ${{ github.event.inputs.prerelease }}
+            - name: 'Create PR to merge into ref branch'
+              uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v5
+              with:
+                  token: ${{ github.token }}
+                  base: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+                  branch: 'publish/${{ github.ref_name }}-${{ github.run_id }}-${{ github.run_number }}'
+                  title: 'Published ${{ github.ref_name }}'
+                  body: 'Syncing CHANGELOG and package version updates from publish action ${{github.run_id}}-${{github.run_number}} into ${{ github.ref_name}} branch'
+                  reviewers: ${{ github.actor }}
+            - name: 'Create PR to merge ref branch into main'
+              uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v5
+              with:
+                  token: ${{ github.token }}
+                  base: main
+                  branch: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+                  title: 'Published ${{ github.ref_name }}'
+                  body: 'Syncing CHANGELOG and package version updates from published ${{ github.ref_name }} branch into main branch'
+                  reviewers: ${{ github.actor }}