From fa948276365daf923ee6b75b253d5d4df69d1a5c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gabe <41127686+Zidious@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2023 14:44:46 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] ci: add `release` branch check to deploy.yml

---
 .github/workflows/deploy.yml | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
index 8493ca6a..6210b883 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - develop
+      - release
       - master
 
 jobs:
   canary:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: github.ref_name == 'develop' && github.repository_owner == 'dequelabs'
+    if: (github.ref_name == 'develop' || github.ref_name == 'release') && github.repository_owner == 'dequelabs'
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v3

From c8d30c032c583f2b2dee46f7e2ff4c3af4081b46 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gabe <41127686+Zidious@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2023 19:02:56 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] use disTag=rc and different job instead of canary release

---
 .github/workflows/deploy.yml | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
index 6210b883..a3d7d9b4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   canary:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: (github.ref_name == 'develop' || github.ref_name == 'release') && github.repository_owner == 'dequelabs'
+    if: github.ref_name == 'develop' && github.repository_owner == 'dequelabs'
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
@@ -35,6 +35,33 @@ jobs:
             --force-publish \
             --yes
 
+  relase-candidate:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: github.ref_name == 'release' && github.repository_owner == 'dequelabs'
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          node-version: 18
+          cache: 'npm'
+      - run: npm ci
+      # Ensure packages are built
+      - run: npm run build
+      # Make sure the working tree is clean
+      - run: git reset --hard HEAD
+      - run: npm config set "//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken" ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+      - run: |
+          npx lerna publish prepatch \
+            --no-verify-access \
+            --no-git-tag-version \
+            --no-push \
+            --canary \
+            --dist-tag=rc \
+            --exact \
+            --preid=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD) \
+            --force-publish \
+            --yes
+
   production:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: github.ref_name == 'master' && github.repository_owner == 'dequelabs'