From eea3bb0224a9b2402a8bdfb219f0afa8f92c7859 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Meno Abels <meno.abels@adviser.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2026 10:53:00 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] chore: added core-cli feature to publish

---
 cli/build-cmd.ts | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/cli/build-cmd.ts b/cli/build-cmd.ts
index cca54436f..417d06d0c 100644
--- a/cli/build-cmd.ts
+++ b/cli/build-cmd.ts
@@ -476,6 +476,11 @@ export function buildCmd(sthis: SuperThis) {
         defaultValueIsSerializable: true,
         description: "Package manager to use (pnpm, npm, yarn, bun), defaults to 'pnpm'.",
       }),
+      usePkgPrNew: flag({
+        long: "use-pkg-pr-new",
+        defaultValue: () => !!process.env.CI,
+        description: "Publish via pkg-pr-new (defaults to true in CI environments).",
+      }),
     },
     handler: async (args) => {
       const top = await findUp("tsconfig.dist.json");
@@ -648,6 +653,14 @@ export function buildCmd(sthis: SuperThis) {
           console.error(`Failed to publish the package.`); //, JSON.stringify(process.env, null, 2));
           process.exit(res.exitCode);
         }
+        if (args.usePkgPrNew) {
+          console.log(`Publishing via pkg-pr-new...`);
+          const pkgPrNewRes = await $`npx pkg-pr-new publish`.nothrow();
+          if (pkgPrNewRes.exitCode !== 0) {
+            console.error(`Failed to publish via pkg-pr-new.`);
+            process.exit(pkgPrNewRes.exitCode);
+          }
+        }
       }
     },
   });