build: prep and create a 2.0.0-alpha release

Author: SyntaxRules

CHANGELOG.md

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+<a name="2.0.0-alpha"></a>
+# [2.0.0-alpha](https://github.com/showdownjs/showdown/compare/1.9.1...2.0.0-alpha) (2022-02-02)
+
+### Breaking Changes
+* Supported Node Versions were set to match the [node release schedule](https://nodejs.org/en/about/releases/) which at the time of writing includes Node 12.x, 14.x, 16.x and 17.x
+* The `yargs` dependecy was updated to `^17.2.1` to mitigate a security issue.
+* The Showdown Licesnse has been changed from  BSD-3-Clause to MIT
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* allow escaping of colons ([25c4420](https://github.com/showdownjs/showdown/commit/25c4420))
+* reduce npm package size  ([35730b7](https://github.com/showdownjs/showdown/commit/35730b7)), closes [#619](https://github.com/showdownjs/showdown/issues/619)
+
+### Features
+
+* - Added `ellipsis` option to configure if the ellipsis unicode character is used or not. ( Thanks @VladimirV99 )
+
+
 <a name="1.9.1"></a>
 ## [1.9.1](https://github.com/showdownjs/showdown/compare/1.9.0...1.9.1) (2019-11-02)
 

README.md

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 ## Node compatibility
 
-Showdown has been tested with node 6, 8 and 10. However, it should work with previous versions, such as node 0.12.
+Showdown supports node versions in the "Current", "Active" and "Maintenance" phases. Currently this includes Node 12.x, 14.x, 16.x and 17.x. See the [node release roadmap for more details](12.x, 14.x, 16.x, 17.x). 
 
+Other versions of node may likely work, but they are not tested regularly.
 
-## Legacy version
+## Pervious versions
 
 If you're looking for showdown v<1.0.0, you can find it in the [**legacy branch**][legacy-branch].
 
+If you are looking for showdown 1.* you can find it in the [version_1.x][version_1.x] branch.
+
 ## Changelog
 
 You can check the full [changelog][changelog]

dist/showdown.js

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 {
   "name": "showdown",
-  "version": "1.9.1",
+  "version": "2.0.0-alpha",
   "description": "A Markdown to HTML converter written in Javascript",
   "author": "Estevão Santos",
   "homepage": "http://showdownjs.com/",