chore: added job to detect latest major version on npm

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -48,10 +48,18 @@ jobs:
       env:
         SNYK_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SNYK_TOKEN }}
 
+  major:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      latest: ${{ steps.npm-major.outputs.version }}
+    steps:
+      - id: npm-major
+        run: echo version=$(npm view cross-fetch@latest version | cut -d. -f1) >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
   publish:
     name: Publish to NPM registry
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [checks, security]
+    needs: [checks, security, major]
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
     # Setup .npmrc file to publish to npm
@@ -64,6 +72,9 @@ jobs:
         path: ~/.npm # this is cache where npm installs from before going out to the network
         key: ${{ runner.os }}-node-${{ hashFiles('**/package.json') }}
     - run: npm install --prefer-offline
+    - run: echo "$LATEST"
+      env:
+        LATEST: ${{needs.major.outputs.latest}}
     - if: ${{ !contains(github.ref_name, '-test.') }}
       run: npm publish --tag latest-v4.x
       env: