Publish compare (#665)

* add publish script

* logging optional

* don't use lerna.json

scripts/publish.mjs

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+import { execSync } from 'child_process';
+import path from 'path';
+import fs from 'fs';
+import { globSync } from 'glob';
+
+const isLoggingEnabled = process.argv.includes('--log');
+
+function log(message) {
+    if (isLoggingEnabled) {
+        console.log(message);
+    }
+}
+
+function getNpmVersion(packageName) {
+    let version;
+    try {
+        log(`Fetching NPM version for ${packageName}...`);
+        const stdout = execSync(`npm view ${packageName} version`, { encoding: 'utf8' });
+        version = stdout.trim();
+        log(`Fetched NPM version for ${packageName}: ${version}`);
+    } catch (error) {
+        return null;  // Package not found in npm registry, it needs to be published
+    }
+    return version;
+}
+
+const packagesDirectory = 'packages'; // the directory where the packages are located
+
+let packagesToPublish = [];  // Hold the list of packages to be published
+
+log(`Inspecting packages in ${packagesDirectory}...`);
+
+// Use glob to match directories
+const directories = globSync(`${packagesDirectory}/*`);
+log(`Found directories: ${directories}`);
+
+directories.forEach(dirPath => {
+    log(`Inspecting directory ${dirPath}`);
+    const packageJsonPath = path.join(dirPath, 'package.json');
+    if (fs.existsSync(packageJsonPath)) {
+        log(`Reading package.json from ${packageJsonPath}`);
+        const packageJson = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(packageJsonPath, 'utf8'));
+
+        if (packageJson.private) {
+            log(`Skipping private package ${packageJson.name}`);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        const localVersion = packageJson.version;
+        const packageName = packageJson.name;
+        log(`Read package.json for ${packageName}, local version: ${localVersion}`);
+
+        const npmVersion = getNpmVersion(packageName);
+
+        if (npmVersion !== localVersion) {
+            packagesToPublish.push(packageName);  // This package needs to be published
+        }
+    }
+});
+
+// Log out the packages that need to be published
+if (packagesToPublish.length > 0) {
+    console.log('The following packages need to be published:');
+    packagesToPublish.forEach(packageName => console.log(packageName));
+} else {
+    console.log('No packages need to be published.');
+}