Create release draft even when pushing to protected branches failed

source/git-util.js

@@ -128,6 +128,20 @@ exports.commitLogFromRevision = async revision => {
 	return stdout;
 };
 
+exports.pushGraceful = async remoteIsOnGitHub => {
+	try {
+		await exports.push();
+	} catch (error) {
+		if (remoteIsOnGitHub && error.stderr && error.stderr.includes('GH006')) {
+			// Try to push tags only, when commits can't be pushed due to branch protection
+			await execa('git', ['push', '--tags']);
+			return {pushed: 'tags', reason: 'Branch protection: np can`t push the commits. Push them manually.'};
+		}
+
+		throw error;
+	}
+};
+
 exports.push = async () => {
 	await execa('git', ['push', '--follow-tags']);
 };

source/index.js

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ const pkgDir = require('pkg-dir');
 const hostedGitInfo = require('hosted-git-info');
 const onetime = require('onetime');
 const exitHook = require('async-exit-hook');
+const logSymbols = require('log-symbols');
 const prerequisiteTasks = require('./prerequisite-tasks');
 const gitTasks = require('./git-tasks');
 const publish = require('./npm/publish');
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ module.exports = async (input = 'patch', options) => {
 	const testCommand = options.testScript ? ['run', testScript] : [testScript];
 
 	let publishStatus = 'UNKNOWN';
+	let pushedObjects;
 
 	const rollback = onetime(async () => {
 		console.log('\nPublish failed. Rolling back to the previous state…');
@@ -250,7 +252,9 @@ module.exports = async (input = 'patch', options) => {
 				return 'Couldn\'t publish package to npm; not pushing.';
 			}
 		},
-		task: () => git.push()
+		task: async () => {
+			pushedObjects = await git.pushGraceful(isOnGitHub);
+		}
 	});
 
 	tasks.add({
@@ -268,6 +272,10 @@ module.exports = async (input = 'patch', options) => {
 
 	await tasks.run();
 
+	if (pushedObjects) {
+		console.error(`\n${logSymbols.error} ${pushedObjects.reason}`);
+	}
+
 	const {packageJson: newPkg} = await readPkgUp();
 	return newPkg;
 };

test/index.js

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ test('skip enabling 2FA if the package exists', async t => {
 		'./git-tasks': sinon.stub(),
 		'./git-util': {
 			hasUpstream: sinon.stub().returns(true),
-			push: sinon.stub()
+			pushGraceful: sinon.stub()
 		},
 		'./npm/enable-2fa': enable2faStub,
 		'./npm/publish': sinon.stub().returns({pipe: sinon.stub()})
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ test('skip enabling 2FA if the `2fa` option is false', async t => {
 		'./git-tasks': sinon.stub(),
 		'./git-util': {
 			hasUpstream: sinon.stub().returns(true),
-			push: sinon.stub()
+			pushGraceful: sinon.stub()
 		},
 		'./npm/enable-2fa': enable2faStub,
 		'./npm/publish': sinon.stub().returns({pipe: sinon.stub()})