feat: switch from semantic-release to release-it (#110)

* feat: switch from semantic-release to release-it

* docs too

Author: JoshuaKGoldberg

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -7,16 +7,17 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   release:
-    name: Release
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: github.event.head_commit.message != 'Initial commit'
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
       - uses: ./.github/actions/prepare
-      - run: pnpm build
-      - name: Release
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - run: git config user.name "${GITHUB_ACTOR}"
+      - run: git config user.email "${GITHUB_ACTOR}@users.noreply.github.com"
+      - env:
           NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
-        run: npx semantic-release
-      - run: cat CHANGELOG.md
+        run: npm config set //registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken $NPM_TOKEN
+      - env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: pnpm release-it

.release-it.json

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+	"git": {
+		"commitMessage": "chore: release v${version}"
+	},
+	"github": {
+		"release": true,
+		"releaseName": "v${version}"
+	},
+	"plugins": {
+		"@release-it/conventional-changelog": {
+			"infile": "CHANGELOG.md",
+			"preset": "conventionalcommits"
+		}
+	}
+}

.releaserc.json

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ It sets up the following tooling for you:
 - [**Markdownlint**](https://github.com/DavidAnson/markdownlint): Static analysis for Markdown code.
 - [**pnpm**](https://pnpm.io): Desk-efficient package manager alternative.
 - [**Prettier**](https://prettier.io): Opinionated formatting for code, run on file save and as a Git commit hook via [husky](https://typicode.github.io/husky) and [lint-staged](https://github.com/okonet/lint-staged).
+- [**release-it**](https://github.com/release-it/release-it): Generates changelogs, bumps the package version, and publishes to GitHub and npm based on [conventional commits](https://www.conventionalcommits.org).
 - [**ts-prune**](https://github.com/nadeesha/ts-prune): Unused exports detection for TypeScript code.
 - [**TypeScript**](https://typescriptlang.org): A typed superset of JavaScript, configured with strict compiler options.
 - [**Vitest**](https://vitest.dev): Fast unit tests, configured with coverage tracking.

README.md

@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 		"codespace",
 		"commitlint",
 		"contributorsrc",
+		"conventionalcommits",
+		"infile",
 		"lcov",
 		"wontfix"
 	]

cspell.json

@@ -2,13 +2,7 @@
 	"author": "Josh Goldberg <[email protected]>",
 	"description": "Template TypeScript Node.js package with all the CI bells & whistles I commonly use. ✨",
 	"devDependencies": {
-		"@semantic-release/changelog": "^6.0.1",
-		"@semantic-release/commit-analyzer": "^9.0.2",
-		"@semantic-release/exec": "^6.0.3",
-		"@semantic-release/git": "^10.0.1",
-		"@semantic-release/github": "^8.0.6",
-		"@semantic-release/npm": "^9.0.1",
-		"@semantic-release/release-notes-generator": "^10.0.3",
+		"@release-it/conventional-changelog": "^5.1.1",
 		"@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^5.38.1",
 		"@typescript-eslint/parser": "^5.38.1",
 		"@vitest/coverage-istanbul": "^0.25.8",
@@ -33,7 +27,7 @@
 		"npm-package-json-lint-config-default": "^5.0.0",
 		"pnpm-deduplicate": "^0.4.0",
 		"prettier": "^2.7.1",
-		"semantic-release": "^19.0.5",
+		"release-it": "^15.5.1",
 		"sentences-per-line": "^0.2.1",
 		"ts-prune": "^0.10.3",
 		"typescript": "^4.8.4",