chore: switch from release-please to semantic-release

Author: strausr

.github/workflows/publish.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+name: Release
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  id-token: write
+  issues: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Verify admin permissions
+        run: |
+          PERMISSION=$(curl -s -H "Authorization: token ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}" \
+            "https://api.github.com/repos/${{ github.repository }}/collaborators/${{ github.actor }}/permission" \
+            | grep -o '"permission":"[^"]*"' | cut -d'"' -f4)
+          
+          if [ "$PERMISSION" != "admin" ]; then
+            echo "Error: Only repository admins can trigger releases. Current permission: $PERMISSION"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          
+          echo "✓ Verified admin permission for ${{ github.actor }}"
+
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: '18'
+          registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
+
+      - run: npm ci
+
+      - run: npm test --if-present
+
+      - name: Release
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: npx semantic-release

.github/workflows/release-please.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{
+  "branches": [
+    "main",
+    {
+      "name": "beta",
+      "prerelease": true
+    }
+  ],
+  "plugins": [
+    "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer",
+    "@semantic-release/release-notes-generator",
+    "@semantic-release/changelog",
+    "@semantic-release/npm",
+    [
+      "@semantic-release/git",
+      {
+        "assets": ["package.json", "CHANGELOG.md"],
+        "message": "chore(release): ${nextRelease.version} [skip ci]\n\n${nextRelease.notes}"
+      }
+    ],
+    "@semantic-release/github"
+  ]
+}

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "create-cloudinary-react",
-  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "version": "1.0.0-beta.1",
   "description": "Scaffold a Cloudinary React + Vite + TypeScript project with interactive setup",
   "type": "module",
   "bin": {
@@ -33,13 +33,14 @@
     "node": ">=18.0.0"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "release": "release-please manifest --repo-url=github.com/cloudinary-devs/create-cloudinary-react",
-    "release:pr": "release-please release-pr --repo-url=github.com/cloudinary-devs/create-cloudinary-react"
+    "semantic-release": "semantic-release"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@commitlint/cli": "^19.6.0",
     "@commitlint/config-conventional": "^19.6.0",
+    "@semantic-release/changelog": "^6.0.3",
+    "@semantic-release/git": "^10.0.1",
     "husky": "^9.1.7",
-    "release-please": "^16.0.0"
+    "semantic-release": "^23.0.0"
   }
 }