This plugin adds the following with Release It!

• Enables semantic versioning (semver) and changelog generation,powered by unjs/changelogen
• Enables dotenv integration automatically; no need to configure it separately

npm install -D release-it-changelogen

In release-it config:

You also need to set git tag and commit messages to match semver. Currently, Release It plugins cannot update other plugin's options Issue

plugins: {
  'release-it-changelogen': {
    disableVersion: true
    templates: {
      commitMessage: "chore(release): v{{newVersion}}",
      tagMessage: "v{{newVersion}}",
      tagBody: "v{{newVersion}}",
    }
  },
  git: {
    tagName: 'v${version}',
    commitMessage: 'chore(release): v${version}',
    tagAnnotation: 'v${version}',
  },
}

Disables the recommended version provided by Changelogen

Skips the version confirmation prompt and always uses the version provided by Changelogen

Are passed to Changelogen; More information on available options can be found here: changelogen