Limit automatic caching to npm, update workflows and documentation (#1374)

* default to auto-caching only for npm package manager and documentation update

* refactor: enhance package manager detection for auto-caching

* add devEngines.packageManager detection logic for npm auto-caching

* chore: bump version to 6.0.0 and update documentation

* docs: update README and action.yml for npm caching logic clarification

* chore: update Node.js version in workflows

* chore: update Node.js versions in versions.yml

* chore: update rc Node.js version in versions.yml

* chore: switch macos-13 runner to macos-latest-large in workflow

* docs: update README and advanced usage documentation

.github/workflows/release-new-action-version.yml

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Update the ${{ env.TAG_NAME }} tag
-        uses: actions/publish-action@v0.3.0
+        uses: actions/publish-action@v0.4.0
         with:
           source-tag: ${{ env.TAG_NAME }}
           slack-webhook: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK }}

README.md

@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ Examples:
 
  - Major versions: `22`, `24`
  - More specific versions: `20.19`, `22.17.1` , `24.8.0`
- - NVM LTS syntax: `lts/erbium`, `lts/fermium`, `lts/*`, `lts/-n`
+ - NVM LTS syntax: `lts/iron`, `lts/jod`, `lts/*`, `lts/-n`
  - Latest release: `*` or `latest`/`current`/`node`
 
 **Note:** Like the other values, `*` will get the latest [locally-cached Node.js version](https://github.com/actions/runner-images/blob/main/images/ubuntu/Ubuntu2204-Readme.md#nodejs), or the latest version from [actions/node-versions](https://github.com/actions/node-versions/blob/main/versions-manifest.json), depending on the [`check-latest`](docs/advanced-usage.md#check-latest-version) input.

docs/advanced-usage.md

@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ jobs:
           - x64
         # an extra windows-x86 run:
         include:
-          - os: windows-2022
+          - os: windows-latest
             node_version: 24
             architecture: x86
     name: Node ${{ matrix.node_version }} - ${{ matrix.architecture }} on ${{ matrix.os }}