Improve CI

.gitlab-ci.yml

@@ -51,10 +51,15 @@ publish:development:
 
     # Version and publish
     - npx lerna publish --yes --canary --preid ${NPM_TAG} --dist-tag ${NPM_TAG}
-  rules:
-    # Only run on development branch and when actioning merge requests.
-    # NOTE: If we don't run on only merge requests, we end up with an infinite looping due to Lerna updating the branch with its version commits.
-    - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "development" && $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == 'merge_request_event'
+  only:
+    - development
+
+# TODO: Document the Lerna Recursive problem when we run lerna version on our main branch.
+# NOTE: The "lerna version" command will create a new commit and push it to our main branch.
+#       This can create a problem where our CI on the "main" branch is recursively triggered.
+#       To prevent this, we add [ci skip] to our Lerna Version commit message.
+#       This is supported OOTB by GitLab (and GitHub).
+#       See: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/pipelines/#skip-a-pipeline
 
 # Publish the documentation to GitLab Pages (for now).
 pages:

lerna.json

@@ -4,14 +4,13 @@
   "packages": [
     "packages/*"
   ],
-  "npmClient": "npm",
   "command": {
     "version": {
       "allowBranch": [
         "development"
       ],
       "exact": true,
-      "message": "chore: increment patch version to %v"
+      "message": "chore: Version %v [skip ci]"
     },
     "publish": {
       "registry": "https://registry.npmjs.org/",