3 files changed, 16 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/packages/monorepo-scripts/package.json b/packages/monorepo-scripts/package.json
index 128bdcff5..c849c01ba 100644
--- a/packages/monorepo-scripts/package.json
+++ b/packages/monorepo-scripts/package.json
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
         "npm-run-all": "^4.1.2",
         "shx": "^0.2.2",
         "tslint": "5.11.0",
-        "typescript": "2.7.1"
+        "typescript": "2.9.2"
     },
     "dependencies": {
         "@lerna/batch-packages": "^3.0.0-beta.18",
diff --git a/packages/monorepo-scripts/src/publish.ts b/packages/monorepo-scripts/src/publish.ts
index 5992131db..6ff0c9bef 100644
--- a/packages/monorepo-scripts/src/publish.ts
+++ b/packages/monorepo-scripts/src/publish.ts
@@ -31,12 +31,25 @@ const packageNameToWebsitePath: { [name: string]: string } = {
     'ethereum-types': 'ethereum-types',
 };
 
+async function confirmAsync(message: string): Promise<void> {
+    prompt.start();
+    const result = await promisify(prompt.get)([message]);
+    const didConfirm = result[message] === 'y';
+    if (!didConfirm) {
+        utils.log('Publish process aborted.');
+        process.exit(0);
+    }
+}
+
 (async () => {
     // Fetch public, updated Lerna packages
     const shouldIncludePrivate = true;
     const allUpdatedPackages = await utils.getUpdatedPackagesAsync(shouldIncludePrivate);
 
     if (!configs.IS_LOCAL_PUBLISH) {
+        await confirmAsync(
+            'THIS IS NOT A TEST PUBLISH! You are about to publish one or more packages to npm. Are you sure you want to continue? (y/n)',
+        );
         await confirmDocPagesRenderAsync(allUpdatedPackages);
     }
 
@@ -107,14 +120,7 @@ package.ts. Please add an entry for it and try again.`,
         opn(link);
     });
 
-    prompt.start();
-    const message = 'Do all the doc pages render properly? (yn)';
-    const result = await promisify(prompt.get)([message]);
-    const didConfirm = result[message] === 'y';
-    if (!didConfirm) {
-        utils.log('Publish process aborted.');
-        process.exit(0);
-    }
+    await confirmAsync('Do all the doc pages render properly? (y/n)');
 }
 
 async function pushChangelogsToGithubAsync(): Promise<void> {
diff --git a/packages/monorepo-scripts/src/utils/utils.ts b/packages/monorepo-scripts/src/utils/utils.ts
index d9bae3ea9..26ac801bd 100644
--- a/packages/monorepo-scripts/src/utils/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/monorepo-scripts/src/utils/utils.ts
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ export const utils = {
         return tags;
     },
     async getLocalGitTagsAsync(): Promise<string[]> {
-        const result = await execAsync(`git tags`, {
+        const result = await execAsync(`git tag`, {
             cwd: constants.monorepoRootPath,
         });
         const tagsString = result.stdout;