Use release-it for project releases

Replace semantic-release with release-it and update the release workflow. Removed legacy semantic-release configs (.release-it.json and release.config.cjs) and embed a release-it configuration in package.json; updated the npm "release" script to run release-it and adjusted devDependencies accordingly. Updated .github/workflows/release.yml to add workflow_dispatch inputs (increment, dry-run), configure Node registry, persist credentials, set git author identity, install dependencies, and run yarn release with CI flags and forwarded args (including NODE_AUTH_TOKEN and NPM_CONFIG_PROVENANCE). Regenerated yarn.lock to reflect dependency changes.

Author: mCodex

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -2,6 +2,23 @@ name: Release
 
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      increment:
+        description: 'Version increment (leave empty to derive from conventional commits)'
+        required: false
+        default: ''
+        type: choice
+        options:
+          - ''
+          - patch
+          - minor
+          - major
+          - prerelease
+      dry-run:
+        description: 'Dry run (no publish, no push)'
+        required: false
+        default: false
+        type: boolean
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
@@ -24,25 +41,35 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
+          persist-credentials: true
+
       - name: Setup Node.js
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: '24'
           cache: 'yarn'
+          registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
 
-      - name: Install npm dependencies (yarn)
-        run: yarn install --frozen-lockfile
+      - name: Configure git identity
+        run: |
+          git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+          git config user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
 
-      - name: Build lib
-        run: yarn build
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: yarn install --frozen-lockfile
 
       - name: Release
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
-          NPM_CONFIG_PROVENANCE: true
-          GIT_AUTHOR_NAME: ${{ github.actor }}
-          GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL: '${{ github.actor }}@users.noreply.github.com'
-          GIT_COMMITTER_NAME: ${{ github.actor }}
-          GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL: '${{ github.actor }}@users.noreply.github.com'
-        run: yarn release
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+          NPM_CONFIG_PROVENANCE: 'true'
+        run: |
+          ARGS="--ci"
+          if [ -n "${{ inputs.increment }}" ]; then
+            ARGS="$ARGS --increment=${{ inputs.increment }}"
+          fi
+          if [ "${{ inputs.dry-run }}" = "true" ]; then
+            ARGS="$ARGS --dry-run"
+          fi
+          yarn release $ARGS

.release-it.json

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 	"dependencies": {
 		"react": "19.2.3",
 		"react-native": "0.85.2",
-		"react-native-nitro-modules": "0.35.5",
+		"react-native-nitro-modules": "0.35.6",
 		"react-native-safe-area-context": "^5.7.0"
 	},
 	"devDependencies": {

example/package.json

@@ -50,8 +50,7 @@
 	"scripts": {
 		"typecheck": "tsc --noEmit",
 		"clean": "git clean -dfX",
-		"release": "semantic-release",
-		"release:it": "release-it --config .release-it.json",
+		"release": "release-it",
 		"build": "npm run typecheck && bob build",
 		"codegen": "nitrogen --logLevel=\"debug\" && npm run build && node post-script.js",
 		"lint": "biome check --write .",
@@ -109,26 +108,23 @@
 	},
 	"devDependencies": {
 		"@biomejs/biome": "^2.4.13",
-		"@semantic-release/changelog": "^6.0.3",
-		"@semantic-release/git": "^10.0.1",
+		"@release-it/conventional-changelog": "^11.0.0",
 		"@testing-library/dom": "^10.4.1",
 		"@testing-library/react": "^16.3.2",
 		"@types/jest": "^30.0.0",
 		"@types/react": "19.2.x",
 		"babel-plugin-react-compiler": "^1.0.0",
-		"conventional-changelog-cli": "^5.0.0",
 		"conventional-changelog-conventionalcommits": "^9.3.1",
 		"jest": "^30.3.0",
 		"jest-environment-jsdom": "^30.3.0",
 		"jiti": "^2.6.1",
-		"nitrogen": "0.35.5",
+		"nitrogen": "0.35.6",
 		"react": "19.2.3",
 		"react-dom": "19.2.3",
 		"react-native": "0.85.2",
 		"react-native-builder-bob": "^0.41.0",
-		"react-native-nitro-modules": "0.35.5",
+		"react-native-nitro-modules": "0.35.6",
 		"release-it": "^20.0.1",
-		"semantic-release": "^25.0.3",
 		"ts-jest": "^29.4.9",
 		"ts-node": "^10.9.2",
 		"typescript": "^6.0.3"
@@ -164,5 +160,73 @@
 			]
 		]
 	},
+	"release-it": {
+		"git": {
+			"commitMessage": "chore(release): v${version}",
+			"tagName": "v${version}",
+			"tagAnnotation": "Release v${version}",
+			"requireCleanWorkingDir": true,
+			"requireBranch": [
+				"master",
+				"next"
+			],
+			"requireUpstream": false,
+			"push": true,
+			"pushArgs": [
+				"--follow-tags"
+			]
+		},
+		"npm": {
+			"publish": true,
+			"verifyAccess": true,
+			"tokenRef": "NPM_TOKEN"
+		},
+		"github": {
+			"release": true,
+			"releaseName": "v${version}",
+			"tokenRef": "GITHUB_TOKEN"
+		},
+		"hooks": {
+			"before:init": [
+				"npm run typecheck",
+				"npm run build"
+			]
+		},
+		"plugins": {
+			"@release-it/conventional-changelog": {
+				"preset": {
+					"name": "conventionalcommits",
+					"types": [
+						{
+							"type": "feat",
+							"section": "✨ Features"
+						},
+						{
+							"type": "fix",
+							"section": "🐛 Bug Fixes"
+						},
+						{
+							"type": "perf",
+							"section": "💨 Performance Improvements"
+						},
+						{
+							"type": "refactor",
+							"section": "🔄 Code Refactors"
+						},
+						{
+							"type": "docs",
+							"section": "📚 Documentation"
+						},
+						{
+							"type": "chore",
+							"section": "🛠️ Other changes"
+						}
+					]
+				},
+				"infile": "CHANGELOG.md",
+				"header": "# Changelog"
+			}
+		}
+	},
 	"packageManager": "yarn@4.10.3"
 }