Decouple prerelease cleanup from publish artifact

Run prerelease cleanup independently when no module artifact is produced by gating publish-only steps behind CreateRelease and driving cleanup behavior from ReleaseType.

Co-authored-by: Copilot App <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

Author: MariusStorhaug

.github/actions/Publish-PSModule/action.yml

@@ -7,9 +7,17 @@ inputs:
     description: Name of the module to publish.
     required: false
   ModulePath:
-    description: Path to the folder containing the <Name>/ module subdirectory from Build-PSModule. A module artifact must exist before invoking this action.
+    description: Path to the folder containing the <Name>/ module subdirectory from Build-PSModule. Required only when CreateRelease is true.
     required: false
     default: outputs/module
+  CreateRelease:
+    description: When true, downloads the module artifact and runs publish.ps1 (PowerShell Gallery + GitHub Release flow).
+    required: false
+    default: 'false'
+  ReleaseType:
+    description: Resolved release type from settings (Release, Prerelease, None). Used to control prerelease cleanup behavior.
+    required: false
+    default: None
   APIKey:
     description: PowerShell Gallery API Key.
     required: true
@@ -54,12 +62,14 @@ runs:
         Install-PSResource -Name Microsoft.PowerShell.PSResourceGet -Repository PSGallery -TrustRepository
 
     - name: Download module artifact
+      if: inputs.CreateRelease == 'true'
       uses: actions/download-artifact@3e5f45b2cfb9172054b4087a40e8e0b5a5461e7c # v8.0.1
       with:
         name: ${{ inputs.ArtifactName }}
         path: ${{ inputs.ModulePath }}
 
     - name: Publish Module
+      if: inputs.CreateRelease == 'true'
       shell: pwsh
       working-directory: ${{ inputs.WorkingDirectory }}
       env:
@@ -73,7 +83,7 @@ runs:
       run: ${{ github.action_path }}/src/publish.ps1
 
     - name: Cleanup Prereleases
-      if: env.PSMODULE_PUBLISH_PSMODULE_CONTEXT_IsPrerelease != 'true' && (inputs.AutoCleanup == 'true' || inputs.WhatIf == 'true')
+      if: inputs.ReleaseType != 'Prerelease' && (inputs.AutoCleanup == 'true' || inputs.WhatIf == 'true')
       shell: pwsh
       working-directory: ${{ inputs.WorkingDirectory }}
       env:

.github/actions/Publish-PSModule/src/publish.ps1

@@ -140,9 +140,7 @@ LogGroup 'Resolve version from manifest' {
         PRHeadRef        = $prHeadRef
     } | Format-List | Out-String
 
-    # Expose publish context to subsequent steps so the cleanup step can gate on release type.
-    $envLine = "PSMODULE_PUBLISH_PSMODULE_CONTEXT_IsPrerelease=$($createPrerelease.ToString().ToLower())"
-    $envLine | Out-File -Path $env:GITHUB_ENV -Append -Encoding utf8NoBOM
+    # Expose release tag to subsequent steps so cleanup can exclude the just-published tag.
     "PSMODULE_PUBLISH_PSMODULE_CONTEXT_ReleaseTag=$releaseTag" | Out-File -Path $env:GITHUB_ENV -Append -Encoding utf8NoBOM
 }
 #endregion Resolve version from manifest

.github/workflows/Publish-Module.yml

@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ jobs:
         with:
           Name: ${{ fromJson(inputs.Settings).Name }}
           ModulePath: outputs/module
+          CreateRelease: ${{ fromJson(inputs.Settings).Module.CreateRelease }}
+          ReleaseType: ${{ fromJson(inputs.Settings).Module.ReleaseType }}
           APIKey: ${{ secrets.APIKey }}
           WhatIf: ${{ github.repository == 'PSModule/Process-PSModule' }}
           AutoCleanup: ${{ fromJson(inputs.Settings).Publish.Module.AutoCleanup }}