.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ jobs:
     name: release
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@b39b52d1213e96004bfcb1c61a8a6fa8ab84f3e8 # v4.0.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@c85c95e3d7251135ab7dc9ce3241c5835cc595a9 # v3
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@5e21ff4d9bc1a8cf6de233a3057d20ec6b3fb69d # v3
         with:
           cache: npm
           node-version: lts/*

.github/workflows/scorecard.yml

@@ -15,22 +15,22 @@ jobs:
       id-token: write
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
+        uses: actions/checkout@c85c95e3d7251135ab7dc9ce3241c5835cc595a9 # v3.5.3
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
       - name: Run analysis
-        uses: ossf/scorecard-action@0864cf19026789058feabb7e87baa5f140aac736 # v2.3.1
+        uses: ossf/scorecard-action@08b4669551908b1024bb425080c797723083c031 # v2.2.0
         with:
           results_file: results.sarif
           results_format: sarif
           publish_results: true
       - name: Upload artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@26f96dfa697d77e81fd5907df203aa23a56210a8 # v4.3.0
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@0b7f8abb1508181956e8e162db84b466c27e18ce # v3.1.2
         with:
           name: SARIF file
           path: results.sarif
           retention-days: 5
       - name: Upload to code-scanning
-        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@e8893c57a1f3a2b659b6b55564fdfdbbd2982911 # v3.24.0
+        uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@a09933a12a80f87b87005513f0abb1494c27a716 # v2.21.4
         with:
           sarif_file: results.sarif

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -15,66 +15,42 @@ on:
 permissions:
   contents: read # to fetch code (actions/checkout)
 
-env:
-  FORCE_COLOR: 1
-  NPM_CONFIG_COLOR: always
-
 jobs:
-  # verify against ranges defined as supported in engines.node
   test_matrix:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         node-version:
-          - 20.8.1
-          - 20
-          - 21
+          - 18.0.0
+          - 19
 
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    timeout-minutes: 5
+    timeout-minutes: 10
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@c85c95e3d7251135ab7dc9ce3241c5835cc595a9 # v3
       - run: git config --global user.name github-actions
       - run: git config --global user.email github-actions@github.com
       - name: Use Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}
-        uses: actions/setup-node@b39b52d1213e96004bfcb1c61a8a6fa8ab84f3e8 # v4.0.1
+        uses: actions/setup-node@5e21ff4d9bc1a8cf6de233a3057d20ec6b3fb69d # v3
         with:
           node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
           cache: npm
       - run: npm clean-install
-      - run: npm audit signatures
-      - run: npm test
-
-  # verify against the node version defined for development in the .nvmrc
-  test_dev:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    timeout-minutes: 5
-
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
-      - run: git config --global user.name github-actions
-      - run: git config --global user.email github-actions@github.com
-      - name: Use Node.js from .nvmrc
-        uses: actions/setup-node@b39b52d1213e96004bfcb1c61a8a6fa8ab84f3e8 # v4.0.1
-        with:
-          node-version-file: .nvmrc
-          cache: npm
-      - run: npm clean-install
-      - run: npm audit signatures
-      - run: npm test
+      - name: Ensure dependencies are compatible with the version of node
+        run: npx ls-engines
+      - run: npm run test:ci
 
   # separate job to set as required in branch protection,
   # as the build names above change each time Node versions change
   test:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs:
-      - test_dev
-      - test_matrix
-    if: ${{ !cancelled() }}
+    needs: test_matrix
     steps:
-      - name: All matrix versions passed
-        if: ${{ !(contains(needs.*.result, 'failure')) }}
-        run: exit 0
-      - name: Some matrix version failed
-        if: ${{ contains(needs.*.result, 'failure') }}
-        run: exit 1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@c85c95e3d7251135ab7dc9ce3241c5835cc595a9 # v3
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@5e21ff4d9bc1a8cf6de233a3057d20ec6b3fb69d # v3
+        with:
+          node-version: lts/*
+          cache: npm
+      - run: npm clean-install
+      - run: npm audit signatures
+      - run: npm run lint

.nvmrc

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-20

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ If possible, make [atomic commits](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_commit),
 
 - a commit should contain exactly one self-contained functional change
 - a functional change should be contained in exactly one commit
-- a commit should not create an inconsistent state (such as test errors, linting errors, partial fix, feature without documentation, etc...)
+- a commit should not create an inconsistent state (such as test errors, linting errors, partial fix, feature with documentation etc...)
 
 A complex feature can be broken down into multiple commits as long as each one maintains a consistent state and consists of a self-contained change.
 
@@ -241,82 +241,42 @@ $ git clone https://github.com/semantic-release/<repo-name>
 $ cd <repo-name>
 # Assign the original repo to a remote called "upstream"
 $ git remote add upstream https://github.com/semantic-release/<repo-name>
-# Switch your node version to the version defined by the project as the development version
-# This step assumes you have already installed and configured https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm
-# You may need to run `nvm install` if you have not already installed the development node version
-$ nvm use
 # Install the dependencies
 $ npm install
 ```
 
-### Verification
+### Lint
 
-The `test` script is structured to execute as much of the verification for the project as possible.
-Ensuring that the `test` script fully passes in the node version defined as the development version in the `.nvmrc`
-minimizes the chances of the test workflow failing after pushing your changes.
+All the [semantic-release](https://github.com/semantic-release) repositories use [XO](https://github.com/sindresorhus/xo) for linting and [Prettier](https://prettier.io) for formatting.
+Prettier formatting will be automatically verified and fixed by XO.
 
-> [!IMPORTANT]
-> Before pushing your code changes, be sure to run the verification for the project with `npm test`.
+Before pushing your code changes make sure there are no linting errors with `npm run lint`.
 
-[npm-run-all2](https://www.npmjs.com/package/npm-run-all2) is used to enable running multiple independent lint and test
-scripts together from the `test` script.
-This enables the test script to not only run all scripts, but also parallelize some of the scripts to optimize the overall
-time required for verification.
+**Tips**:
 
-When a failure occurs with the `test`, the output can be a bit confusing because there may be output from multiple parallel
-scripts mixed together.
-To investigate the failure with cleaner output, re-run the problematic script directly using the script name from the label
-included on the left side of the output
+- Most linting errors can be automatically fixed with `npm run lint -- --fix`.
+- Install the [XO plugin](https://github.com/sindresorhus/xo#editor-plugins) for your editor to see linting errors directly in your editor and automatically fix them on save.
 
-```shell
-$ npm run <script-name>
-```
+### Tests
 
-#### Lint
-
-##### Prettier
-
-All the [semantic-release](https://github.com/semantic-release) repositories use [Prettier](https://prettier.io) for formatting.
-Prettier formatting will be automatically verified by the `lint:prettier` script, included in the `test` script.
-
-> [!NOTE]
-> Most linting errors can be automatically fixed with `npm run lint:prettier:fix`.
-
-##### Other Lint Tools
-
-Other tools are used for specific compatibility concerns, but are less likely to result in failures in common contributions.
-Please follow the guidance of these tools if failures are encountered.
-
-#### Tests
-
-> [!NOTE]
-> Before pushing your code changes make sure all **tests pass** and the unit test **coverage is 100%**:
+Running the integration test requires you to install [Docker](https://docs.docker.com/engine/installation) on your machine.
 
 All the [semantic-release](https://github.com/semantic-release) repositories use [AVA](https://github.com/avajs/ava) for writing and running tests.
 
-During development, you can:
+Before pushing your code changes make sure all **tests pass** and the **coverage is 100%**:
+
+```bash
+$ npm run test
+```
+
+**Tips:** During development you can:
 
 - run only a subset of test files with `ava <glob>`, for example `ava test/mytestfile.test.js`
 - run in watch mode with `ava -w` to automatically run a test file when you modify it
 - run only the test you are working on by adding [`.only` to the test definition](https://github.com/avajs/ava#running-specific-tests)
 
-##### Unit Tests
-
-```bash
-$ npm run test:unit
-```
-
-##### Integration Tests
-
-> [!IMPORTANT]
-> Running the integration test requires you to install [Docker](https://docs.docker.com/engine/installation) on your machine.
-
-```bash
-$ npm run test:integration
-```
-
 ### Commits
 
 All the [semantic-release](https://github.com/semantic-release) repositories use [Commitizen](https://github.com/commitizen/cz-cli) to help you create [valid commit messages](#commit-message-guidelines).
 
-Assuming you have [installed Commitizen](https://github.com/commitizen/cz-cli#installing-the-command-line-tool), run `git cz` to start the interactive commit message CLI rather than `git commit` when committing.
+After staging your changes with `git add`, run `npm run cm` to start the interactive commit message CLI.

README.md

@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ The table below shows which commit message gets you which release type when `sem
 ### Automation with CI
 
 **semantic-release** is meant to be executed on the CI environment after every successful build on the release branch.
-This way no human is directly involved in the release process and the releases are guaranteed to be [unromantic and unsentimental](https://github.com/dominictarr/sentimental-versioning#readme).
+This way no human is directly involved in the release process and the releases are guaranteed to be [unromantic and unsentimental](http://sentimentalversioning.org).
 
 ### Triggering a release
 
@@ -110,9 +110,9 @@ In order to use **semantic-release** you need:
 ## Documentation
 
 - Usage
-  - [Getting started](docs/usage/getting-started.md)
-  - [Installation](docs/usage/installation.md)
-  - [CI Configuration](docs/usage/ci-configuration.md)
+  - [Getting started](docs/usage/getting-started.md#getting-started)
+  - [Installation](docs/usage/installation.md#installation)
+  - [CI Configuration](docs/usage/ci-configuration.md#ci-configuration)
   - [Configuration](docs/usage/configuration.md#configuration)
   - [Plugins](docs/usage/plugins.md)
   - [Workflow configuration](docs/usage/workflow-configuration.md)

SUMMARY.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 ## Usage
 
-- [Getting started](docs/usage/getting-started.md)
+- [Getting started](docs/usage/getting-started.md#getting-started)
 - [Installation](docs/usage/installation.md)
 - [CI Configuration](docs/usage/ci-configuration.md)
 - [Configuration](docs/usage/configuration.md)

docs/developer-guide/js-api.md

@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ It allows to configure **semantic-release** to write errors to a specific stream
 
 Type: `Object` `Boolean`<br>
 
-An object with [`lastRelease`](#lastrelease), [`nextRelease`](#nextrelease), [`commits`](#commits) and [`releases`](#releases) if a release is published or `false` if no release was published.
+And object with [`lastRelease`](#lastrelease), [`nextRelease`](#nextrelease), [`commits`](#commits) and [`releases`](#releases) if a release is published or `false` if no release was published.
 
 #### lastRelease
 
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ Example:
 
 Type: `Array<Object>`
 
-The list of commit(s) included in the new release.<br>
+The list of commit included in the new release.<br>
 Each commit object has the following properties:
 
 | Name            | Type     | Description                                     |

docs/extending/plugins-list.md

@@ -84,11 +84,6 @@
   - `verifyRelease`: Checks and warns (does not error by default) if the version numbers found on maven central and within the Git project differ by quite a bit
   - `prepare`: Changes the version number in the `pom.xml` (or all `pom.xml` files in maven projects with multiple `pom.xml` files) and optionally creates a commit with this version number and pushes it to `master`
   - `publish`: Runs `mvn deploy` to deploy to maven central and optionally will update to next snapshot version and merge changes to development branch
-- [maven-semantic-release](https://github.com/terrestris/maven-semantic-release) (alternative version)
-  - `verifyConditions`: Verifies that the `mvn` command exists.
-  - `prepare`: Changes version number in `pom.xml` and optionally in all child modules.
-  - `publish`: Runs one of the mvn targets `deploy`, `package jib:build` or `deploy jib:build`.
-  - `success`: Optionally sets new snapshot version and commits it.
 - [semantic-release-ado](https://github.com/lluchmk/semantic-release-ado)
   - `prepare`: Stores the version number as an Azure DevOps pipeline variable available to downstream steps on the job
 - [gradle-semantic-release](https://github.com/KengoTODA/gradle-semantic-release-plugin)
@@ -179,9 +174,6 @@
 - [semantic-release-coralogix](https://github.com/adobe/semantic-release-coralogix)
   - `verifyConditions` Verified that required credentials are provided and API is accessible
   - `publish` add a release tag to Coralogix
-- [semantic-release-jira-notes](https://github.com/iamludal/semantic-release-jira-notes)
-  - `verifyConditions`: Validate the config options.
-  - `generateNotes`: Generate the release notes with links to JIRA issues.
 - [semantic-release-major-tag](https://github.com/doteric/semantic-release-major-tag)
   - `success` Create major version tag, for example `v1`.
 - [semantic-release-yarn](https://github.com/hongaar/semantic-release-yarn)
@@ -190,7 +182,3 @@
   - `prepare` Update the `package.json` version and create the package tarball.
   - `addChannel` Add a tag for the release.
   - `publish` Publish to the npm registry.
-- [semantic-release-pub](https://github.com/zeshuaro/semantic-release-pub)
-  - `verifyConditions`: Verify the presence of the `pub.dev` authentication and release configuration
-  - `prepare`: Update the `pubspec.yaml` version
-  - `publish`: Publish the package onto the `pub.dev` registry

docs/recipes/ci-configurations/gitlab-ci.md

@@ -6,11 +6,6 @@ The [Authentication](../../usage/ci-configuration.md#authentication) environment
 
 **Note**: Make sure to configure your release branch as [protected](https://docs.gitlab.com/ce/user/project/protected_branches.html) in order for the CI/CD build to access the protected variables.
 
-## npm provenance
-
-Since GitLab CI is a [supported provider](https://docs.npmjs.com/generating-provenance-statements#provenance-limitations) for [npm provenance](https://docs.npmjs.com/generating-provenance-statements), it is recommended to enable this to increase supply-chain security for your npm packages.
-Find more detail about configuring npm to publish with provenance through semantic-release [in the documentation for our npm plugin](https://github.com/semantic-release/npm#npm-provenance).
-
 ## Node project configuration
 
 GitLab CI supports [Pipelines](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/pipelines.html) allowing to test on multiple Node versions and publishing a release only when all test pass.

docs/support/FAQ.md

@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ If you need more control over the timing of releases, see [Triggering a release]
 
 ## Can I set the initial release version of my package to `0.0.1`?
 
-This is not supported by semantic-release. [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/) rules apply differently to major version zero and supporting those differences is out of scope and not one of the goals of the semantic-release project.
+This is not supported by **semantic-release** as it's not considered a good practice, mostly because [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org) rules applies differently to major version zero.
 
 If your project is under heavy development, with frequent breaking changes, and is not production ready yet we recommend [publishing pre-releases](../recipes/release-workflow/pre-releases.md#publishing-pre-releases).
 

docs/support/node-version.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Node version requirement
 
-**semantic-release** is written using the latest [ECMAScript 2017](https://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-262.htm) features, without transpilation which **requires Node version 20.8.1 or higher**.
+**semantic-release** is written using the latest [ECMAScript 2017](https://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-262.htm) features, without transpilation which **requires Node version 18.0.0 or higher**.
 
 **semantic-release** is meant to be used in a CI environment as a development support tool, not as a production dependency.
 Therefore, the only constraint is to run the `semantic-release` in a CI environment providing version of Node that meets our version requirement.

docs/usage/configuration.md

@@ -40,17 +40,6 @@ The following three examples are the same.
 }
 ```
 
-- Via `release.config.cjs` file:
-
-```js
-/**
- * @type {import('semantic-release').GlobalConfig}
- */
-module.exports = {
-  branches: ["master", "next"],
-};
-```
-
 - Via CLI argument:
 
 ```bash

docs/usage/getting-started.md

@@ -6,3 +6,16 @@ In order to use **semantic-release** you must follow these steps:
 2. Configure your Continuous Integration service to [run **semantic-release**](./ci-configuration.md#run-semantic-release-only-after-all-tests-succeeded)
 3. Configure your Git repository and package manager repository [authentication](ci-configuration.md#authentication) in your Continuous Integration service
 4. Configure **semantic-release** [options and plugins](./configuration.md#configuration)
+
+Alternatively those steps can be easily done with the [**semantic-release** interactive CLI](https://github.com/semantic-release/cli):
+
+```bash
+cd your-module
+npx semantic-release-cli setup
+```
+
+![dialogue](../../media/semantic-release-cli.png)
+
+See the [semantic-release-cli](https://github.com/semantic-release/cli#what-it-does) documentation for more details.
+
+**Note**: only a limited number of options, CI services and plugins are currently supported by `semantic-release-cli`.

index.js

@@ -123,15 +123,12 @@ async function run(context, plugins) {
       if (options.dryRun) {
         logger.warn(`Skip ${nextRelease.gitTag} tag creation in dry-run mode`);
       } else {
-        await addNote({ channels: [...currentRelease.channels, nextRelease.channel] }, nextRelease.gitTag, {
+        await addNote({ channels: [...currentRelease.channels, nextRelease.channel] }, nextRelease.gitHead, {
           cwd,
           env,
         });
         await push(options.repositoryUrl, { cwd, env });
-        await pushNotes(options.repositoryUrl, nextRelease.gitTag, {
-          cwd,
-          env,
-        });
+        await pushNotes(options.repositoryUrl, { cwd, env });
         logger.success(
           `Add ${nextRelease.channel ? `channel ${nextRelease.channel}` : "default channel"} to tag ${
             nextRelease.gitTag
@@ -206,9 +203,9 @@ async function run(context, plugins) {
   } else {
     // Create the tag before calling the publish plugins as some require the tag to exists
     await tag(nextRelease.gitTag, nextRelease.gitHead, { cwd, env });
-    await addNote({ channels: [nextRelease.channel] }, nextRelease.gitTag, { cwd, env });
+    await addNote({ channels: [nextRelease.channel] }, nextRelease.gitHead, { cwd, env });
     await push(options.repositoryUrl, { cwd, env });
-    await pushNotes(options.repositoryUrl, nextRelease.gitTag, { cwd, env });
+    await pushNotes(options.repositoryUrl, { cwd, env });
     logger.success(`Created tag ${nextRelease.gitTag}`);
   }
 

lib/branches/normalize.js

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ export function release({ release }) {
     return release;
   }
 
-  // The initial lastVersion is the last release from the base branch of `FIRST_RELEASE` (1.0.0)
+  // The intial lastVersion is the last release from the base branch of `FIRST_RELEASE` (1.0.0)
   let lastVersion = getLatestVersion(tagsToVersions(release[0].tags)) || FIRST_RELEASE;
 
   return release.map(({ name, tags, channel, ...rest }, idx) => {

lib/get-config.js

@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-import { dirname } from "node:path";
+import { dirname, resolve } from "node:path";
 import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
+import { createRequire } from "node:module";
 
 import { castArray, isNil, isPlainObject, isString, pickBy } from "lodash-es";
 import { readPackageUp } from "read-pkg-up";
 import { cosmiconfig } from "cosmiconfig";
-import importFrom from "import-from-esm";
+import resolveFrom from "resolve-from";
 import debugConfig from "debug";
 import { repoUrl } from "./git.js";
 import PLUGINS_DEFINITIONS from "./definitions/plugins.js";
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ import { parseConfig, validatePlugin } from "./plugins/utils.js";
 
 const debug = debugConfig("semantic-release:config");
 const __dirname = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
+const require = createRequire(import.meta.url);
 
 const CONFIG_NAME = "release";
 
@@ -33,7 +35,7 @@ export default async (context, cliOptions) => {
     options = {
       ...(await castArray(extendPaths).reduce(async (eventualResult, extendPath) => {
         const result = await eventualResult;
-        const extendsOptions = (await importFrom.silent(__dirname, extendPath)) || (await importFrom(cwd, extendPath));
+        const extendsOptions = require(resolveFrom.silent(__dirname, extendPath) || resolveFrom(cwd, extendPath));
 
         // For each plugin defined in a shareable config, save in `pluginsPath` the extendable config path,
         // so those plugin will be loaded relative to the config file
@@ -74,8 +76,8 @@ export default async (context, cliOptions) => {
     plugins: [
       "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer",
       "@semantic-release/release-notes-generator",
-      //"@semantic-release/npm",
-      //"@semantic-release/github",
+      "@semantic-release/npm",
+      "@semantic-release/github",
     ],
     // Remove `null` and `undefined` options, so they can be replaced with default ones
     ...pickBy(options, (option) => !isNil(option)),

lib/get-git-auth-url.js

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ function formatAuthUrl(protocol, repositoryUrl, gitCredentials) {
  * @param {Object} context semantic-release context.
  * @param {String} authUrl Repository URL to verify
  *
- * @return {String} The authUrl as is if the connection was successful, null otherwise
+ * @return {String} The authUrl as is if the connection was successfull, null otherwise
  */
 async function ensureValidAuthUrl({ cwd, env, branch }, authUrl) {
   try {

lib/git.js

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import gitLogParser from "git-log-parser";
 import getStream from "get-stream";
 import { execa } from "execa";
 import debugGit from "debug";
-import { merge } from "lodash-es";
 import { GIT_NOTE_REF } from "./definitions/constants.js";
 
 const debug = debugGit("semantic-release:git");
@@ -142,9 +141,13 @@ export async function fetch(repositoryUrl, branch, ciBranch, execaOptions) {
  */
 export async function fetchNotes(repositoryUrl, execaOptions) {
   try {
-    await execa("git", ["fetch", "--unshallow", repositoryUrl, `+refs/notes/*:refs/notes/*`], execaOptions);
+    await execa(
+      "git",
+      ["fetch", "--unshallow", repositoryUrl, `+refs/notes/${GIT_NOTE_REF}:refs/notes/${GIT_NOTE_REF}`],
+      execaOptions
+    );
   } catch {
-    await execa("git", ["fetch", repositoryUrl, `+refs/notes/*:refs/notes/*`], {
+    await execa("git", ["fetch", repositoryUrl, `+refs/notes/${GIT_NOTE_REF}:refs/notes/${GIT_NOTE_REF}`], {
       ...execaOptions,
       reject: false,
     });
@@ -243,8 +246,8 @@ export async function push(repositoryUrl, execaOptions) {
  *
  * @throws {Error} if the push failed.
  */
-export async function pushNotes(repositoryUrl, ref, execaOptions) {
-  await execa("git", ["push", repositoryUrl, `refs/notes/${GIT_NOTE_REF}-${ref}`], execaOptions);
+export async function pushNotes(repositoryUrl, execaOptions) {
+  await execa("git", ["push", repositoryUrl, `refs/notes/${GIT_NOTE_REF}`], execaOptions);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -304,26 +307,8 @@ export async function isBranchUpToDate(repositoryUrl, branch, execaOptions) {
  * @return {Object} the parsed JSON note if there is one, an empty object otherwise.
  */
 export async function getNote(ref, execaOptions) {
-  const handleError = (error) => {
-    if (error.exitCode === 1) {
-      return { stdout: "{}" };
-    }
-
-    debug(error);
-    throw error;
-  };
-
   try {
-    return merge(
-      JSON.parse(
-        // Used for retro-compatibility
-        (await execa("git", ["notes", "--ref", GIT_NOTE_REF, "show", ref], execaOptions).catch(handleError)).stdout
-      ),
-      JSON.parse(
-        (await execa("git", ["notes", "--ref", `${GIT_NOTE_REF}-${ref}`, "show", ref], execaOptions).catch(handleError))
-          .stdout
-      )
-    );
+    return JSON.parse((await execa("git", ["notes", "--ref", GIT_NOTE_REF, "show", ref], execaOptions)).stdout);
   } catch (error) {
     if (error.exitCode === 1) {
       return {};
@@ -342,19 +327,5 @@ export async function getNote(ref, execaOptions) {
  * @param {Object} [execaOpts] Options to pass to `execa`.
  */
 export async function addNote(note, ref, execaOptions) {
-  await execa(
-    "git",
-    ["notes", "--ref", `${GIT_NOTE_REF}-${ref}`, "add", "-f", "-m", JSON.stringify(note), ref],
-    execaOptions
-  );
-}
-
-/**
- * Get the reference of a tag
- *
- * @param {String} tag The tag name to get the reference of.
- * @param {Object} [execaOpts] Options to pass to `execa`.
- **/
-export async function getTagRef(tag, execaOptions) {
-  return (await execa("git", ["show-ref", tag, "--hash"], execaOptions)).stdout;
+  await execa("git", ["notes", "--ref", GIT_NOTE_REF, "add", "-f", "-m", JSON.stringify(note), ref], execaOptions);
 }

package.json

@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@
   "author": "Stephan Bönnemann <stephan@boennemann.me> (http://boennemann.me)",
   "ava": {
     "files": [
-      "test/**/*.test.js",
-      "!test/integration.test.js"
+      "test/**/*.test.js"
     ],
     "nodeArguments": [
       "--loader=testdouble",
@@ -27,30 +26,29 @@
     "Matt Travi <npm@travi.org> (https://matt.travi.org/)"
   ],
   "dependencies": {
-    "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer": "^11.0.0",
+    "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer": "^10.0.0",
     "@semantic-release/error": "^4.0.0",
     "@semantic-release/github": "^9.0.0",
-    "@semantic-release/npm": "^11.0.0",
-    "@semantic-release/release-notes-generator": "^12.0.0",
-    "aggregate-error": "^5.0.0",
-    "cosmiconfig": "^9.0.0",
+    "@semantic-release/npm": "^10.0.2",
+    "@semantic-release/release-notes-generator": "^11.0.0",
+    "aggregate-error": "^4.0.1",
+    "cosmiconfig": "^8.0.0",
     "debug": "^4.0.0",
-    "env-ci": "^11.0.0",
+    "env-ci": "^9.0.0",
     "execa": "^8.0.0",
-    "figures": "^6.0.0",
+    "figures": "^5.0.0",
     "find-versions": "^5.1.0",
     "get-stream": "^6.0.0",
     "git-log-parser": "^1.2.0",
     "hook-std": "^3.0.0",
     "hosted-git-info": "^7.0.0",
-    "import-from-esm": "^1.3.1",
     "lodash-es": "^4.17.21",
-    "marked": "^11.0.0",
-    "marked-terminal": "^7.0.0",
+    "marked": "^5.0.0",
+    "marked-terminal": "^5.1.1",
     "micromatch": "^4.0.2",
     "p-each-series": "^3.0.0",
     "p-reduce": "^3.0.0",
-    "read-pkg-up": "^11.0.0",
+    "read-pkg-up": "^10.0.0",
     "resolve-from": "^5.0.0",
     "semver": "^7.3.2",
     "semver-diff": "^4.0.0",
@@ -58,37 +56,31 @@
     "yargs": "^17.5.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "ava": "6.1.1",
-    "c8": "9.1.0",
+    "ava": "5.3.1",
+    "c8": "8.0.1",
     "clear-module": "4.1.2",
     "codecov": "3.8.3",
-    "cz-conventional-changelog": "3.3.0",
-    "dockerode": "4.0.2",
+    "dockerode": "3.3.5",
     "file-url": "4.0.0",
-    "fs-extra": "11.2.0",
-    "got": "14.2.0",
+    "fs-extra": "11.1.1",
+    "got": "13.0.0",
     "js-yaml": "4.1.0",
-    "lockfile-lint": "4.12.1",
-    "ls-engines": "0.9.1",
     "mockserver-client": "5.15.0",
-    "nock": "13.5.1",
-    "npm-run-all2": "6.1.2",
-    "p-retry": "6.2.0",
-    "prettier": "3.2.5",
-    "publint": "0.2.7",
-    "sinon": "17.0.1",
+    "nock": "13.3.3",
+    "p-retry": "5.1.2",
+    "prettier": "3.0.2",
+    "sinon": "15.2.0",
     "stream-buffers": "3.0.2",
     "tempy": "3.1.0",
-    "testdouble": "3.20.1"
+    "testdouble": "3.18.0"
   },
   "engines": {
-    "node": ">=20.8.1"
+    "node": ">=18"
   },
   "files": [
     "bin",
     "docs",
     "lib",
-    "index.d.ts",
     "index.js",
     "cli.js"
   ],
@@ -105,7 +97,7 @@
     "version"
   ],
   "license": "MIT",
-  "main": "./index.js",
+  "main": "index.js",
   "types": "index.d.ts",
   "c8": {
     "include": [
@@ -120,14 +112,6 @@
     ],
     "all": true
   },
-  "lockfile-lint": {
-    "path": "package-lock.json",
-    "type": "npm",
-    "validate-https": true,
-    "allowed-hosts": [
-      "npm"
-    ]
-  },
   "prettier": {
     "printWidth": 120,
     "trailingComma": "es5"
@@ -140,26 +124,18 @@
     "type": "git",
     "url": "git+https://github.com/semantic-release/semantic-release.git"
   },
-  "config": {
-    "commitizen": {
-      "path": "./node_modules/cz-conventional-changelog"
-    }
-  },
   "scripts": {
     "codecov": "codecov -f coverage/coverage-final.json",
-    "lint:prettier": "prettier --check \"*.{js,json,md}\" \".github/**/*.{md,yml}\" \"docs/**/*.md\" \"{bin,lib,test}/**/*.js\"",
-    "lint:prettier:fix": "prettier --write \"*.{js,json,md}\" \".github/**/*.{md,yml}\" \"docs/**/*.md\" \"{bin,lib,test}/**/*.js\"",
-    "lint:lockfile": "lockfile-lint",
-    "lint:engines": "ls-engines",
-    "lint:publish": "publint --strict",
+    "lint": "prettier --check \"*.{js,json,md}\" \".github/**/*.{md,yml}\" \"docs/**/*.md\" \"{bin,lib,test}/**/*.js\"",
+    "lint:fix": "prettier --write \"*.{js,json,md}\" \".github/**/*.{md,yml}\" \"docs/**/*.md\" \"{bin,lib,test}/**/*.js\"",
+    "pretest": "npm run lint",
     "semantic-release": "./bin/semantic-release.js",
-    "test": "npm-run-all --print-label --parallel lint:* --parallel test:*",
-    "test:unit": "c8 ava --verbose",
-    "test:integration": "ava --verbose test/integration.test.js"
+    "test": "c8 ava --verbose",
+    "test:ci": "c8 ava --verbose"
   },
   "renovate": {
     "extends": [
-      "github>semantic-release/.github:renovate-config"
+      "github>semantic-release/.github"
     ]
   }
 }

test/get-config.test.js

@@ -389,92 +389,6 @@ test.serial('Read configuration from an array of paths in "extends"', async (t)
   t.deepEqual(result, { options: expectedOptions, plugins: pluginsConfig });
 });
 
-test.serial('Read configuration from an array of CJS files in "extends"', async (t) => {
-  // Create a git repository, set the current working directory at the root of the repo
-  const { cwd } = await gitRepo();
-  const pkgOptions = { extends: ["./shareable1.cjs", "./shareable2.cjs"] };
-  const options1 = {
-    verifyRelease: "verifyRelease1",
-    analyzeCommits: { path: "analyzeCommits1", param: "analyzeCommits_param1" },
-    branches: ["test_branch"],
-    repositoryUrl: "https://host.null/owner/module.git",
-  };
-  const options2 = {
-    verifyRelease: "verifyRelease2",
-    generateNotes: "generateNotes2",
-    analyzeCommits: { path: "analyzeCommits2", param: "analyzeCommits_param2" },
-    branches: ["test_branch"],
-    tagFormat: `v\${version}`,
-    plugins: false,
-  };
-  // Create package.json and shareable.json in repository root
-  await outputJson(path.resolve(cwd, "package.json"), { release: pkgOptions });
-  await writeFile(path.resolve(cwd, "shareable1.cjs"), `module.exports = ${JSON.stringify(options1)}`);
-  await writeFile(path.resolve(cwd, "shareable2.cjs"), `module.exports = ${JSON.stringify(options2)}`);
-  const expectedOptions = { ...options1, ...options2, branches: ["test_branch"] };
-  // Verify the plugins module is called with the plugin options from shareable1.mjs and shareable2.mjs
-  td.when(
-    plugins(
-      { options: expectedOptions, cwd },
-      {
-        verifyRelease1: "./shareable1.cjs",
-        verifyRelease2: "./shareable2.cjs",
-        generateNotes2: "./shareable2.cjs",
-        analyzeCommits1: "./shareable1.cjs",
-        analyzeCommits2: "./shareable2.cjs",
-      }
-    )
-  ).thenResolve(pluginsConfig);
-
-  const result = await t.context.getConfig({ cwd });
-
-  // Verify the options contains the plugin config from shareable1.json and shareable2.json
-  t.deepEqual(result, { options: expectedOptions, plugins: pluginsConfig });
-});
-
-test.serial('Read configuration from an array of ESM files in "extends"', async (t) => {
-  // Create a git repository, set the current working directory at the root of the repo
-  const { cwd } = await gitRepo();
-  const pkgOptions = { extends: ["./shareable1.mjs", "./shareable2.mjs"] };
-  const options1 = {
-    verifyRelease: "verifyRelease1",
-    analyzeCommits: { path: "analyzeCommits1", param: "analyzeCommits_param1" },
-    branches: ["test_branch"],
-    repositoryUrl: "https://host.null/owner/module.git",
-  };
-  const options2 = {
-    verifyRelease: "verifyRelease2",
-    generateNotes: "generateNotes2",
-    analyzeCommits: { path: "analyzeCommits2", param: "analyzeCommits_param2" },
-    branches: ["test_branch"],
-    tagFormat: `v\${version}`,
-    plugins: false,
-  };
-  // Create package.json and shareable.json in repository root
-  await outputJson(path.resolve(cwd, "package.json"), { release: pkgOptions });
-  await writeFile(path.resolve(cwd, "shareable1.mjs"), `export default ${JSON.stringify(options1)}`);
-  await writeFile(path.resolve(cwd, "shareable2.mjs"), `export default ${JSON.stringify(options2)}`);
-  const expectedOptions = { ...options1, ...options2, branches: ["test_branch"] };
-  // Verify the plugins module is called with the plugin options from shareable1.mjs and shareable2.mjs
-  td.when(
-    plugins(
-      { options: expectedOptions, cwd },
-      {
-        verifyRelease1: "./shareable1.mjs",
-        verifyRelease2: "./shareable2.mjs",
-        generateNotes2: "./shareable2.mjs",
-        analyzeCommits1: "./shareable1.mjs",
-        analyzeCommits2: "./shareable2.mjs",
-      }
-    )
-  ).thenResolve(pluginsConfig);
-
-  const result = await t.context.getConfig({ cwd });
-
-  // Verify the options contains the plugin config from shareable1.json and shareable2.json
-  t.deepEqual(result, { options: expectedOptions, plugins: pluginsConfig });
-});
-
 test.serial('Prioritize configuration from config file over "extends"', async (t) => {
   // Create a git repository, set the current working directory at the root of the repo
   const { cwd } = await gitRepo();

test/helpers/git-utils.js

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export async function initGit(withRemote) {
  *
  * @param {Boolean} withRemote `true` to create a shallow clone of a bare repository.
  * @param {String} [branch='master'] The branch to initialize.
- * @return {Promise<Object>} The path of the clone if `withRemote` is `true`, the path of the repository otherwise.
+ * @return {String} The path of the clone if `withRemote` is `true`, the path of the repository otherwise.
  */
 export async function gitRepo(withRemote, branch = "master") {
   let { cwd, repositoryUrl } = await initGit(withRemote);
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ export async function gitCommits(messages, execaOptions) {
 /**
  * Get the list of parsed commits since a git reference.
  *
- * @param {String} [from] Git reference from which to search commits.
+ * @param {String} [from] Git reference from which to seach commits.
  * @param {Object} [execaOpts] Options to pass to `execa`.
  *
  * @return {Array<Object>} The list of parsed commits.
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ export async function gitTagHead(tagName, execaOptions) {
  * Get the first commit sha referenced by the tag `tagName` in the remote repository.
  *
  * @param {String} repositoryUrl The repository remote URL.
- * @param {String} tagName The tag name to search for.
+ * @param {String} tagName The tag name to seach for.
  * @param {Object} [execaOpts] Options to pass to `execa`.
  *
  * @return {String} The sha of the commit associated with `tagName` on the remote repository.
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ export async function rebase(ref, execaOptions) {
  * @param {Object} [execaOpts] Options to pass to `execa`.
  */
 export async function gitAddNote(note, ref, execaOptions) {
-  await execa("git", ["notes", "--ref", `${GIT_NOTE_REF}-${ref}`, "add", "-m", note, ref], execaOptions);
+  await execa("git", ["notes", "--ref", GIT_NOTE_REF, "add", "-m", note, ref], execaOptions);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -325,5 +325,5 @@ export async function gitAddNote(note, ref, execaOptions) {
  * @param {Object} [execaOpts] Options to pass to `execa`.
  */
 export async function gitGetNote(ref, execaOptions) {
-  return (await execa("git", ["notes", "--ref", `${GIT_NOTE_REF}-${ref}`, "show", ref], execaOptions)).stdout;
+  return (await execa("git", ["notes", "--ref", GIT_NOTE_REF, "show", ref], execaOptions)).stdout;
 }

test/hide-sensitive.test.js

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ test("Replace multiple sensitive environment variable values", (t) => {
   );
 });
 
-test("Replace multiple occurrences of sensitive environment variable values", (t) => {
+test("Replace multiple occurences of sensitive environment variable values", (t) => {
   const env = { secretKey: "secret" };
   t.is(
     hideSensitive(env)(`https://user:${env.secretKey}@host.com?token=${env.secretKey}`),

test/integration.test.js

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ let env;
 
 // Environment variables used only for the local npm command used to do verification
 const npmTestEnv = {
-  ...processEnvWithoutGitHubActionsVariables,
+  ...process.env,
   ...npmRegistry.authEnv(),
   npm_config_registry: npmRegistry.url,
 };
@@ -516,8 +516,8 @@ test("Pass options via CLI arguments", async (t) => {
 });
 
 test("Run via JS API", async (t) => {
-  await td.replaceEsm("../lib/logger", null, { log: () => {}, error: () => {}, stdout: () => {} });
-  await td.replaceEsm("env-ci", null, () => ({ isCi: true, branch: "master", isPr: false }));
+  td.replace("../lib/logger", { log: () => {}, error: () => {}, stdout: () => {} });
+  td.replace("env-ci", () => ({ isCi: true, branch: "master", isPr: false }));
   const semanticRelease = (await import("../index.js")).default;
   const packageName = "test-js-api";
   const owner = "git";

test/plugins/normalize.test.js

@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ test("Normalize and load plugin from function", async (t) => {
   t.is(typeof plugin, "function");
 });
 
-test("Normalize and load plugin that returns multiple functions", async (t) => {
+test("Normalize and load plugin that retuns multiple functions", async (t) => {
   const plugin = await normalize(
     { cwd, options: {}, logger: t.context.logger },
     "verifyConditions",

test/plugins/utils.test.js

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ test("validateStep: optional plugin configuration", (t) => {
   t.true(validateStep(type, { path: () => {}, options: "value" }));
   t.false(validateStep(type, { path: null }));
 
-  // Considered as an Array of 2 definitions and not as one Array definition in case of a multiple plugin type
+  // Considered as an Array of 2 definitions and not as one Array definition in case of a muliple plugin type
   t.false(validateStep(type, [() => {}, { options: "value" }]));
   t.false(validateStep(type, ["plugin-path.js", { options: "value" }]));
 
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ test("validateStep: required plugin configuration", (t) => {
   t.true(validateStep(type, { path: () => {}, options: "value" }));
   t.false(validateStep(type, { path: null }));
 
-  // Considered as an Array of 2 definitions and not as one Array definition in the case of a multiple plugin type
+  // Considered as an Array of 2 definitions and not as one Array definition in the case of a muliple plugin type
   t.false(validateStep(type, [() => {}, { options: "value" }]));
   t.false(validateStep(type, ["plugin-path.js", { options: "value" }]));