ci: use conventional commits spec for commit messages

Author: levibostian

.github/workflows/deploy-plugin.yml

@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ jobs:
       uses: cycjimmy/semantic-release-action@v4
       with:
         semantic_version: latest # since our plugin has a devDependency on semantic-release, using latest keyword here will upgrade node_modules/ copy to the latest version for deployment
-        branch: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+        extra_plugins: |
+          conventional-changelog-conventionalcommits
+          @semantic-release/github
       env:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_PUSH_TOKEN }}

.releaserc.json

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{
+    "tagFormat": "${version}",
+    "branches": [
+        "main",
+        { "name": "beta", "prerelease": true },
+        { "name": "alpha", "prerelease": true }
+    ],
+    "plugins": [
+        ["@semantic-release/commit-analyzer", {
+            "preset": "conventionalcommits"
+        }],
+        ["@semantic-release/release-notes-generator", {
+            "preset": "conventionalcommits"
+        }],
+        "@semantic-release/npm",
+        "@semantic-release/github"
+    ]
+}