fix: Port publish pipeline changes from 0.74 and 0.75 stable branches (…

…#2180)

.ado/publish.yml

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# It is expected that a `latestStableBranch` variable is set in the pipeline's settings:
-
 # This file defines the build steps to publish a release
 name: $(Date:yyyyMMdd).$(Rev:.r)
 
@@ -21,6 +19,9 @@ variables:
   - group: InfoSec-SecurityResults
   - name: tags
     value: production,externalfacing
+  # Remember to update this in previous stable branches when creating a new stable branch
+  - name : latestStableBranch
+    value: '0.75-stable'
 
 resources:
   repositories:
@@ -137,7 +138,6 @@ extends:
              os: linux
            timeoutInMinutes: 90 # how long to run the job before automatically cancelling
            cancelTimeoutInMinutes: 5 # how much time to give 'run always even if cancelled tasks' before killing them
-           condition: eq(variables['Build.SourceBranchName'], 'main')
            templateContext:
              outputs:
                - output: pipelineArtifact

.ado/templates/apple-steps-publish.yml

@@ -29,13 +29,11 @@ steps:
     # Note, This won't do the actual `git tag` and `git push` as we're doing a dry run.
     # We do that as a separate step in `.ado/publish.yml`.
     - task: CmdLine@2
-      displayName: Prepare package for release
+      displayName: Prepare React Native macOS release
       inputs:
         script: |
-          node ./scripts/prepare-package-for-release.js -v "$RNM_PACKAGE_VERSION" --dry-run
-      env:
-        # Map the corresponding CircleCI variable since `prepare-package-for-release.js` depends on it.
-        CIRCLE_BRANCH: $(Build.SourceBranchName)
+          set -eox pipefail
+          node scripts/releases/set-rn-version.js -v $RNM_PACKAGE_VERSION --build-type "release"
 
   # Note: This won't actually publish to NPM as we've commented that bit out.
   # We do that as a separate step in `.ado/publish.yml`.