Updating th CI to publish the extension when a branch is merged into …

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.github/workflows/publish.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# Add this to your existing ci.yml file
+
+name: CI
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [main]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      VSCE_PAT: ${{ secrets.VSCE_PAT }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Setup Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          node-version: '20.16.0'
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: npm ci
+
+      - name: Test ## It's good to double check the tests are passing before publishing
+        run: npm run test
+
+      # Only run publish step when pushing to main (not on PRs)
+      - name: Publish to VS Code Marketplace
+        if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
+        run: |
+          # Extract version from package.json to use in the vsix filename
+          VERSION=$(node -p "require('./package.json').version")
+          npm run build
+          npx vsce publish -p ${{ secrets.VSCE_PAT }}

package.json

@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@
     "test": "vscode-test --extensionDevelopmentPath=. --extensionTestsPath=out/test/extension.test.js",
     "pretest": "npm run compile-tests",
     "posttest": "npm run lint",
-    "build": "npx vsce package"
+    "build": "npx vsce package",
+    "publish": "npx vsce publish"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/chai": "^5.0.0",