Replace external debug dependency with node:util.debug

README.md

@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ In release-it v15, anonymous metrics have been removed from the codebase and no
 
 - With `release-it --verbose` (or `-V`), release-it prints the output of every user-defined [hook](#hooks).
 - With `release-it -VV`, release-it also prints the output of every internal command.
-- Use `DEBUG=release-it:* release-it [...]` to print configuration and more error details.
+- Use `NODE_DEBUG=release-it:* release-it [...]` to print configuration and more error details.
 
 Use `verbose: 2` in a configuration file to have the equivalent of `-VV` on the command line.
 

docs/plugins.md

@@ -334,8 +334,8 @@ this.exec('git log', { options: { write: false } });
 
 #### this.debug() → void
 
-Insert `this.debug(...)` statements to log interesting details when `DEBUG=release-it:* release-it ...` is used. The
-output is namespaced automatically (e.g. `release-it:foo My log output`).
+Insert `this.debug(...)` statements to log interesting details when `NODE_DEBUG=release-it:* release-it ...` is used.
+The output is namespaced automatically (e.g. `release-it:foo My log output`).
 
 #### this.log() → void
 

lib/config.js

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
+import util from 'node:util';
 import { cosmiconfigSync } from 'cosmiconfig';
 import parseToml from '@iarna/toml/parse-string.js';
 import _ from 'lodash';
 import isCI from 'is-ci';
-import _debug from 'debug';
 import { readJSON, getSystemInfo } from './util.js';
 
-const debug = _debug('release-it:config');
+const debug = util.debug('release-it:config');
 const defaultConfig = readJSON(new URL('../config/release-it.json', import.meta.url));
 
 const searchPlaces = [

lib/plugin/Plugin.js

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import debug from 'debug';
+import { debug } from 'node:util';
 import _ from 'lodash';
 
 class Plugin {

lib/plugin/factory.js

@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 import url from 'node:url';
 import path from 'node:path';
+import util from 'node:util';
 import { createRequire } from 'node:module';
 import _ from 'lodash';
-import _debug from 'debug';
 import Version from './version/Version.js';
 import Git from './git/Git.js';
 import GitLab from './gitlab/GitLab.js';
 import GitHub from './github/GitHub.js';
 import npm from './npm/npm.js';
 
-const debug = _debug('release-it:plugins');
+const debug = util.debug('release-it:plugins');
 
 const pluginNames = ['npm', 'git', 'github', 'gitlab', 'version'];
 

lib/shell.js

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
+import util from 'node:util';
 import sh from 'shelljs';
 import { execa } from 'execa';
-import _debug from 'debug';
 import { format } from './util.js';
 
-const debug = _debug('release-it:shell');
+const debug = util.debug('release-it:shell');
 
 sh.config.silent = !debug.enabled;
 

package.json

@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@
     "async-retry": "1.3.3",
     "chalk": "5.0.1",
     "cosmiconfig": "7.0.1",
-    "debug": "4.3.4",
     "execa": "6.1.0",
     "form-data": "4.0.0",
     "git-url-parse": "11.6.0",

test/stub/shell.js

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import _debug from 'debug';
+import util from 'node:util';
 import Shell from '../../lib/shell.js';
 
-const debug = _debug('release-it:shell-stub');
+const debug = util.debug('release-it:shell-stub');
 
 class ShellStub extends Shell {
   exec(command) {