Remove unused package publish-release

Change-type: patch

automation/deploy-bin.ts

@@ -15,49 +15,11 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
-import * as Bluebird from 'bluebird';
 import * as _ from 'lodash';
 import * as semver from 'semver';
 
-import { finalReleaseAssets, version } from './build-bin';
-
 const { GITHUB_TOKEN } = process.env;
 
-/**
- * Create or update a release in GitHub's releases page, uploading the
- * installer files (standalone zip + native oclif installers).
- */
-export async function createGitHubRelease() {
-	console.log(`Publishing release ${version} to GitHub`);
-	const publishRelease = await import('publish-release');
-	const ghRelease = (await Bluebird.fromCallback(
-		publishRelease.bind(null, {
-			token: GITHUB_TOKEN || '',
-			owner: 'balena-io',
-			repo: 'balena-cli',
-			tag: version,
-			name: `balena-CLI ${version}`,
-			reuseRelease: true,
-			assets: finalReleaseAssets[process.platform],
-		}),
-	)) as { html_url: any };
-	console.log(`Release ${version} successful: ${ghRelease.html_url}`);
-}
-
-/**
- * Top-level function to create a CLI release in GitHub's releases page:
- * call zipStandaloneInstaller(), rename the files as we'd like them to
- * display on the releases page, and call createGitHubRelease() to upload
- * the files.
- */
-export async function release() {
-	try {
-		await createGitHubRelease();
-	} catch (err) {
-		throw new Error(`Error creating GitHub release:\n${err}`);
-	}
-}
-
 /** Return a cached Octokit instance, creating a new one as needed. */
 const getOctokit = _.once(function () {
 	const Octokit = (

automation/run.ts

@@ -24,10 +24,7 @@ import {
 	signFilesForNotarization,
 	testShrinkwrap,
 } from './build-bin';
-import {
-	release,
-	updateDescriptionOfReleasesAffectedByIssue1359,
-} from './deploy-bin';
+import { updateDescriptionOfReleasesAffectedByIssue1359 } from './deploy-bin';
 
 // DEBUG set to falsy for negative values else is truthy
 process.env.DEBUG = ['0', 'no', 'false', '', undefined].includes(
@@ -41,7 +38,6 @@ process.env.DEBUG = ['0', 'no', 'false', '', undefined].includes(
  * of the following strings, then call the appropriate functions:
  *     'build:installer'   (to build a native oclif installer)
  * 	   'build:standalone'  (to build a standalone pkg package)
- *     'release'           (to create/update a GitHub release)
  *
  * @param args Arguments to parse (default is process.argv.slice(2))
  */
@@ -59,7 +55,6 @@ async function parse(args?: string[]) {
 		'catch-uncommitted': catchUncommitted,
 		'test-shrinkwrap': testShrinkwrap,
 		fix1359: updateDescriptionOfReleasesAffectedByIssue1359,
-		release,
 	};
 	for (const arg of args) {
 		if (!Object.hasOwn(commands, arg)) {

package.json

@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@
     "build:standalone": "ts-node --transpile-only automation/run.ts build:standalone",
     "build:installer": "ts-node --transpile-only automation/run.ts build:installer",
     "package": "npm run build:fast && npm run build:standalone && npm run build:installer",
-    "release": "ts-node --transpile-only automation/run.ts release",
     "pretest": "npm run build",
     "test": "npm run test:shrinkwrap && npm run test:core",
     "test:core": "npm run test:source && npm run test:standalone",
@@ -190,7 +189,6 @@
     "nock": "^13.2.1",
     "oclif": "^3.17.1",
     "parse-link-header": "^2.0.0",
-    "publish-release": "^1.6.1",
     "rewire": "^5.0.0",
     "simple-git": "^3.14.1",
     "sinon": "^11.1.2",

typings/publish-release/index.d.ts

@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * @license
- * Copyright 2019 Balena Ltd.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-declare module 'publish-release' {
-	interface PublishOptions {
-		token: string;
-		owner: string;
-		repo: string;
-		tag: string;
-		name: string;
-		reuseRelease?: boolean;
-		assets: string[];
-	}
-
-	interface Release {
-		html_url: string;
-	}
-
-	let publishRelease: (
-		args: PublishOptions,
-		callback: (e: Error, release: Release) => void,
-	) => void;
-
-	export = publishRelease;
-}