STAT-12: Update workflow to use timestamp for dev release.

.github/workflows/npm_publish_dev.yml

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ on:
   push:
     branches-ignore:
       - 'master'
+
 jobs:
   build-and-publish-dev:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -13,12 +14,28 @@ jobs:
         with:
           node-version: 20
           registry-url: https://registry.npmjs.org/
-      - run: yarn install --frozen-lockfile
-      - run: yarn test
-      - run: |
-          while true; do
-            npm version prerelease --preid=dev --no-git-tag-version
-            npm publish --tag dev && break
-          done
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: yarn install --frozen-lockfile
+
+      - name: Run tests
+        run: yarn test
+
+      - name: Get current version
+        id: package-version
+        uses: martinbeentjes/[email protected]
+
+      - name: Generate unique version
+        id: generate-version
+        run: |
+          current_version=$(echo ${{ steps.package-version.outputs.current-version}} | sed 's/-dev\.[0-9]\+$//')
+          timestamp=$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S)
+          echo "new_version=${current_version}-dev.${timestamp}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Update version
+        run: npm version ${{ steps.generate-version.outputs.new_version }} --no-git-tag-version
+
+      - name: Publish to npm
+        run: npm publish --tag dev
         env:
           NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{secrets.NPM_TOKEN}}