How to publish a private JavaScript library to GPR using yarn package manager

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This instruction is to register the library to GPR privately under the certain organization, like @org/lib.

0. package.json

{
  "name": "@org/lib",
  "repository": {
    "type": "git",
    "url": "https://github.com/org/lib.git"
  },
  "publishConfig": {
    "registry": "https://npm.pkg.github.com/"
  },

1. CI job

• Version bump

  yarn version --major

  Depending on what version you're bumping, it can be different params, like (--minor or --patch)

• Publish to GPR (GitHub Packages Registry)

  yarn publish . --tag latest

2. NPM/yarn configurations

• .npmrc

  //npm.pkg.github.com/:_authToken=${NODE_AUTH_TOKEN}
  always-auth=true 
  

• .yarnrc

  "@org:registry" "https://npm.pkg.github.com"