updated package actions

Author: stevensJourney

.github/workflows/build-packages.yaml

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# Ensures packages build correctly
+# Deploys Production/latest NPM packages to NPM registry if on `main` branch
+# Submodule packages are not published to production in this repo,
+# Submodule packages should be tagged and published from their own repo.
 name: Packages Deploy
 
 on:
@@ -8,9 +12,9 @@ jobs:
     name: Build Packages
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
-          submodules: true
+          persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: Setup NodeJS
         uses: actions/setup-node@v2
@@ -36,9 +40,9 @@ jobs:
     needs: build
     if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
-          submodules: true
+          persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: Setup NodeJS
         uses: actions/setup-node@v2

.github/workflows/dev-packages.yaml

@@ -1,15 +1,26 @@
+# Action to publish packages under the `next` tag for testing
+# Packages are versioned as `0.0.0-dev.{short-sha}`
+# Submodule packages are versioned by default, but can be disabled
+# if using a package from the external submodule repo.
 name: Packages Deploy
 
-on: workflow_dispatch
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      include_submodules:
+        type: boolean
+        description: Dev version submodule packages?
+        default: true
 
 jobs:
   publish:
     name: Publish Dev Packages
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
-          submodules: true
+          submodules: ${{ github.event.inputs.include_submodules }}
+          persist-credentials: false
 
       - name: Setup NodeJS
         uses: actions/setup-node@v2