fix(release): make main a release branch, not a prerelease branch - #25
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semantic-release requires at least one release branch (one with no prerelease property). The previous config marked main as a prerelease branch, leaving zero release branches, so every run failed with ERELEASEBRANCHES. Publish plain 0.x versions from main under the latest dist-tag instead; a 0.x major already signals the pre-1.0 posture, and the package has no consumers that need an alpha channel. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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What and why
The first Release dry-run failed with
ERELEASEBRANCHES: semantic-releaserequires at least one release branch, defined as a branch with no
prereleaseproperty..releaserc.jsonhad markedmainas a prereleasebranch (
prerelease: "alpha"), leaving zero release branches, so every runerrored before doing anything.
Fix:
"branches": ["main"].mainbecomes a normal release branch andpublishes plain
0.xversions under thelatestdist-tag. A0.xmajoralready signals the pre-1.0, unstable-API posture, and the package has no
published consumers that need a dedicated alpha channel. The
1.0.0jumpwill come from a
feat!/BREAKING CHANGEcommit.Docs (ADR 0007,
docs/releases.md) updated to match.Run that failed: https://github.com/OpenSourceScouting/design-system/actions/runs/30044969429
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