Fix npm prerelease (#732)

* Set npm tag depending on the release status

* Bump to alpha 1

Author: fcollonval

.github/workflows/publish.yml

@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ jobs:
         twine upload dist/*
     - name: Publish the NPM package
       run: |
-        npm publish --access public
+        echo $PRE_RELEASE
+        if [[ $PRE_RELEASE == "true" ]]; then export TAG="next"; else export TAG="latest"; fi
+        npm publish --tag ${TAG} --access public
       env:
         NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+        PRE_RELEASE: ${{ github.event.release.prerelease }}

.gitignore

@@ -122,3 +122,4 @@ node_modules/
 
 # vim stuff
 *.swp
+.devcontainer/