Add documentation for trusted publishers #1673
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Pull Request Overview
This PR adds comprehensive documentation for npm's trusted publishing feature, which allows secure, token-free package publishing from CI/CD workflows using OpenID Connect (OIDC) authentication. The documentation explains how to configure and use trusted publishing with GitHub Actions and GitLab CI/CD.
- Creates a new comprehensive trusted publishing guide with setup instructions, security best practices, and troubleshooting
- Updates existing documentation to reference and recommend trusted publishing where relevant
- Provides configuration examples for both GitHub Actions and GitLab CI/CD workflows
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| File | Description |
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| trusted-publishers.mdx | New comprehensive documentation covering trusted publishing setup, configuration, and usage |
| requiring-2fa-for-package-publishing-and-settings-modification.mdx | Adds reference to trusted publishing as an alternative to automation tokens |
| generating-provenance-statements.mdx | Notes automatic provenance generation with trusted publishing |
| creating-and-publishing-unscoped-public-packages.mdx | Updates publishing note to mention trusted publishing benefits |
| using-private-packages-in-a-ci-cd-workflow.mdx | Adds section recommending trusted publishing for package publishing |
| creating-and-viewing-access-tokens.mdx | Updates token recommendations to mention trusted publishing alternative |
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This adds new documentation for trusted publishers with OpenID Connect (OIDC). ## References Related to npm/cli#8336 Replaces #1673 (now using a branch without a fork) --------- Co-authored-by: Karen Li <47998177+karenjli@users.noreply.github.com>
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This adds new documentation for trusted publishers, to be released soon.
npm/cli#8336
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Related to npm/cli#8336