From c838916ed16d61a4ca50f0f4432467c1fdf99913 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matt Travi <programmer@travi.org>
Date: Thu, 11 May 2023 20:37:42 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] :sparkles: Add releasing workflow for semantic-release
 (#2989)

Signed-off-by: Matt Travi <programmer@travi.org>
---
 checks/permissions_test.go                    | 11 +++++++
 checks/raw/permissions.go                     |  9 ++++++
 ...tents-writes-release-semantic-release.yaml | 29 +++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 49 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 checks/testdata/.github/workflows/github-workflow-permissions-contents-writes-release-semantic-release.yaml

diff --git a/checks/permissions_test.go b/checks/permissions_test.go
index 189156f3c25..41f42f105bf 100644
--- a/checks/permissions_test.go
+++ b/checks/permissions_test.go
@@ -279,6 +279,17 @@ func TestGithubTokenPermissions(t *testing.T) {
 				NumberOfDebug: 4,
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name:      "release workflow contents write semantic-release",
+			filenames: []string{"./testdata/.github/workflows/github-workflow-permissions-contents-writes-release-semantic-release.yaml"},
+			expected: scut.TestReturn{
+				Error:         nil,
+				Score:         checker.MaxResultScore,
+				NumberOfWarn:  0,
+				NumberOfInfo:  2,
+				NumberOfDebug: 4,
+			},
+		},
 		{
 			name:      "package workflow write",
 			filenames: []string{"./testdata/.github/workflows/github-workflow-permissions-packages-writes.yaml"},
diff --git a/checks/raw/permissions.go b/checks/raw/permissions.go
index 4bcded5a025..2bbc29a923e 100644
--- a/checks/raw/permissions.go
+++ b/checks/raw/permissions.go
@@ -469,6 +469,15 @@ func isReleasingWorkflow(workflow *actionlint.Workflow, fp string, pdata *permis
 			},
 			LogText: "candidate python publishing workflow using python-semantic-release",
 		},
+		{
+			// Commonly JavaScript packages, but supports multiple ecosystems
+			Steps: []*fileparser.JobMatcherStep{
+				{
+					Run: "npx.*semantic-release",
+				},
+			},
+			LogText: "candidate publishing workflow using semantic-release",
+		},
 		{
 			// Go binaries.
 			Steps: []*fileparser.JobMatcherStep{
diff --git a/checks/testdata/.github/workflows/github-workflow-permissions-contents-writes-release-semantic-release.yaml b/checks/testdata/.github/workflows/github-workflow-permissions-contents-writes-release-semantic-release.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a1f74c29895
--- /dev/null
+++ b/checks/testdata/.github/workflows/github-workflow-permissions-contents-writes-release-semantic-release.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# Copyright 2022 Security Scorecard Authors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+name: semantic-release release workflow
+on: [push]
+permissions:
+
+jobs:
+  publish:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: semantic-release
+        run: npx -p @semantic-release/git semantic-release
+        with:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}