Publish forked randiant.js project package at GitHub¶

This tutorial can actually apply to any package, however I will do it more focused on randiant.js, because is the project I am working on now. I am doing this to make it easy for me to use as dependency for Razoo's Photonic Wallet and start playing with truly descentralized and trustless fungible tokens.

Ok, back to our topic. to publish a fork of https://github.com/RadiantBlockchain/radiantjs as an optional registry on GitHub, follow these steps:

Fork the repository:

Go to the RadiantBlockchain/radiantjs repository on GitHub: RadiantBlockchain/radiantjs. Click the "Fork" button in the top-right corner to create a copy of the repository under your own GitHub account.
Clone the forked repository:

Clone your forked repository to your local machine:
```
git clone https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/radiantjs.git
cd radiantjs
```

Make any necessary changes:

Make any changes to the package.json or other files as needed. In my case, I change the repo and package info to direct it to my github account:

{
"name": "@coinchimp/radiantjs", //replace with your account
"description": "Javascript library for Radiant Blockchain (RXD)",
"version": "1.9.4",
"author": "Radiant Blockchain <radiantblockchain@protonmail.com>",
"main": "index.js",
"scripts": {
    "lint": "standard",
    "lint_test": "standard && mocha",
    "test": "mocha",
    "radiant": "mocha --grep=\"radiant\"",
    "exact_match": "mocha --grep=\"exact_match\"",
    "coverage": "nyc --reporter=text npm run test",
    "build-radiant": "webpack index.js --config webpack.config.js",
    "build-ecies": "webpack ecies/index.js --config webpack.subproject.config.js --output-library radiantEcies -o radiant-ecies.min.js",
    "build-message": "webpack message/index.js --config webpack.subproject.config.js --output-library radiantMessage -o radiant-message.min.js",
    "build-mnemonic": "webpack mnemonic/index.js --config webpack.subproject.config.js --output-library radiantMnemonic -o radiant-mnemonic.min.js",
    "build": "yarn build-radiant && yarn build-ecies && yarn build-message && yarn build-mnemonic",
    "prepublishOnly": "yarn build"
},
"unpkg": "radiant.min.js",
"keywords": [
    "radiant",
    "radiant-blockchain",
    "transaction",
    "address",
    "p2p",
    "ecies",
    "cryptocurrency",
    "blockchain",
    "payment"
],
"repository": {
    "type": "git",
    "url": "https://github.com/coinchimp/radiantjs" //replace with your repo
},
"browser": {
    "request": "browser-request"
},
"dependencies": {
    "aes-js": "^3.1.2",
    "bn.js": "=4.11.9",
    "bs58": "=4.0.1",
    "clone-deep": "^4.0.1",
    "elliptic": "6.5.4",
    "hash.js": "^1.1.7",
    "inherits": "2.0.3",
    "js-sha512": "^0.8.0",
    "unorm": "1.4.1"
},
"devDependencies": {
    "brfs": "2.0.1",
    "buffer": "^6.0.3",
    "chai": "4.2.0",
    "mocha": "^8.4.0",
    "nyc": "^14.1.1",
    "sinon": "7.2.3",
    "standard": "12.0.1",
    "webpack": "^4.47.0",
    "webpack-cli": "^3.3.12"
},
"license": "MIT",
"standard": {
    "globals": [
    "afterEach",
    "beforeEach",
    "describe",
    "it"
    ],
    "ignore": [
    "dist/**"
    ]
}
}

4. install and build the package

Normally is only npm install and then npm run build, but in my case, I needed to prep a few things first:

npm install
npm install --save-dev webpack webpack-cli
npm install --save-dev buffer
export NODE_OPTIONS=--openssl-legacy-provider #probably this won't be require later
npm run build

5. Commit and push your changes:

Add and commit your changes:

git add .
git commit -m "Your commit message"

Push your changes to your forked repository:

git push origin master

Configure GitHub Packages registry (optional):

If you want to publish your package to GitHub Packages, you need to configure the registry in your .npmrc file. Create or edit the .npmrc file in your project root directory with the following content:
```
@YOUR_USERNAME:registry=https://npm.pkg.github.com/
//npm.pkg.github.com/:_authToken=YOUR_GITHUB_TOKEN
```
Publish the package:

To publish your package to the GitHub Packages registry, use the following command:
```
npm publish --registry=https://npm.pkg.github.com
```
Replace YOUR_GITHUB_TOKEN with a personal access token that has the write:packages and repo scopes. You can create a personal access token in your GitHub settings under Developer settings -> Personal access tokens.
Use the package:

To install your package from the GitHub Packages registry, you need to configure the registry in the consuming project's .npmrc file:
```
@YOUR_USERNAME:registry=https://npm.pkg.github.com/
```
Then, install the package using npm or yarn:
```
npm install @YOUR_USERNAME/radiantjs
```

By following these steps, you will have successfully forked, modified, and published the radiantjs package from RadiantBlockchain under your own GitHub account, and made it available as an optional registry for others to install.