use a workflow step instead of node script to commit changes

.github/workflows/npm-publish.yml

@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
+    permissions:
+      # Give the default GITHUB_TOKEN write permission to commit and push the
+      # added or changed files to the repository.
+      contents: write
+
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: Use Node.js (22.x)
@@ -21,6 +26,10 @@ jobs:
         cache: 'npm'
     - run: npm ci
     - run: npm run bump
+    # Commit changes to package.json back to the repository
+    - uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v5
+      with:
+        file_pattern: 'package.json'
     - run: npm publish --access public
       env:
         NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{secrets.npm_token}}

scripts/version-bump.js

@@ -27,6 +27,3 @@ if (scope === 'patch' || ['fix', 'chore', 'docs', 'refactor', 'perf', 'test', 'b
 }
 
 execSync(`npm version ${flag}`);
-execSync("git add package.json");
-execSync("git commit --amend --no-edit");
-execSync("git push --force");