chore: Update CircleCI workflow to include approval step before NPM publish for release branches (#4138)

.circleci/config.yml

@@ -495,13 +495,18 @@ workflows:
       - BUILD:
           filters:
             branches:
-              only: release
-      - NPM_PUBLISH:
+              only: /^release\/.*/
+      - HOLD_FOR_APPROVAL:
+          type: approval
           requires:
             - BUILD
+      - NPM_PUBLISH:
+          requires:
+            - HOLD_FOR_APPROVAL
       - DOCKER_RELEASE_PUBLISH:
           requires:
             - NPM_PUBLISH
+
   ###
   # Unit and E2E tests have already run for PR_CHECKS
   # Re-running should not gain us any confidence here

version.mjs

@@ -19,9 +19,11 @@ async function run() {
 
   let nextVersion;
 
-  if (branchName === 'release') {
+  if (branchName.startsWith('release')) {
     console.log('Branch: release');
-    nextVersion = semver.inc(currentVersion, 'minor');
+    await fs.writeFile('./commit.txt', currentCommitHash);
+    console.log('the version is automatically picked up from the version.txt file');
+    return;
   } else {
     console.log('Branch: master');
     const prereleaseComponents = semver.prerelease(currentVersion);