lets try out a github release flow

Author: jaredly

.github/actions/check.js

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+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+const fs = require('fs');
+const { spawnSync } = require('child_process');
+
+const TRIGGER = 'actions: release';
+
+const packageName = require('../../editor-extensions/vscode/package.json').name;
+
+const getMostRecentVersion = () => {
+    const result = spawnSync('npx', ['vsce', 'show', '--json', 'jaredly.reason-vscode'], {
+        cwd: __dirname,
+        encoding: 'utf8',
+        shell: true,
+    });
+    if (result.status !== 0) {
+        throw new Error('Unable to get most recent version of ' + packageName);
+    }
+    const data = JSON.parse(result.stdout.trim());
+    const latestVersion = data.versions[0].version
+    return latestVersion
+};
+
+const setFailed = message => {
+    process.exitCode = 1;
+    console.log('::error::' + message);
+};
+
+async function run() {
+    const payload = JSON.parse(
+        fs.readFileSync(process.env.GITHUB_EVENT_PATH, { encoding: 'utf8' }),
+    );
+    const match = payload.head_commit.message.split('\n')[0].trim() === TRIGGER;
+
+    if (!match) {
+        setFailed('No trigger');
+        return;
+    }
+
+    const mostRecentVersion = getMostRecentVersion();
+    const nextVersion = require('../../editor-extensions/vscode/package.json').version;
+    if (nextVersion === mostRecentVersion) {
+        setFailed('Version is the same as most recent');
+        return;
+    }
+}
+
+run().catch(err => {
+    console.error(err);
+    setFailed('Unexpected error');
+});

.github/actions/package-lock.json

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+{
+  "dependencies": {
+    "@actions/core": "^1.2.0",
+    "@actions/github": "^2.0.0"
+  },
+  "version": "1.1.1"
+}