diff --git a/.releaserc b/.releaserc
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--- a/.releaserc
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@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "branches": [
-    "main"
-  ],
-  "plugins": [
-    "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer",
-    "@semantic-release/release-notes-generator",
-    "@semantic-release/changelog",
-    {
-      "path": "@semantic-release/npm",
-      "npmPublish": true,
-      "pkgRoot": "."
-    },
-    {
-      "path": "@semantic-release/git",
-      "assets": [
-        "package.json",
-        "yarn.lock",
-        "CHANGELOG.md"
-      ],
-      "message": "chore(release): ${nextRelease.version} [skip ci]\n\n${nextRelease.notes}"
-    }
-  ]
-}
diff --git a/.releaserc.js b/.releaserc.js
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index 0000000..e9df028
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.releaserc.js
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+const releaseNotesGeneratorOptions = {
+  writerOpts: {
+    transform: (commit, context) => {
+      const issues = [];
+
+      if (commit.type === 'breaking') {
+        commit.type = 'Breaking :boom:';
+      } else if (commit.type === 'feat') {
+        commit.type = 'Features :sparkles:';
+      } else if (commit.type === 'fix') {
+        commit.type = 'Bug Fixes :bug:';
+      } else if (commit.type === 'refactor') {
+        commit.type = 'Code Refactoring :hammer:';
+      } else if (commit.type === 'config') {
+        commit.type = 'Config :wrench:';
+      } else if (commit.type === 'test') {
+        commit.type = 'Tests :rotating_light:';
+      } else if (commit.type === 'docs') {
+        commit.type = 'Documentation :books:';
+      } else if (commit.type === 'no-release') {
+        return;
+      }
+      if (typeof commit.hash === 'string') {
+        commit.shortHash = commit.hash.substring(0, 7);
+      }
+
+      if (typeof commit.subject === 'string') {
+        let url = context.repository ? `${context.host}/${context.owner}/${context.repository}` : context.repoUrl;
+        if (url) {
+          url = `${url}/issues/`;
+          // Issue URLs.
+          commit.subject = commit.subject.replace(/#([0-9]+)/g, (_, issue) => {
+            issues.push(issue);
+            return `[#${issue}](${url}${issue})`;
+          });
+        }
+        if (context.host) {
+          // User URLs.
+          commit.subject = commit.subject.replace(/\B@([a-z0-9](?:-?[a-z0-9/]){0,38})/g, (_, username) => {
+            if (username.includes('/')) {
+              return `@${username}`;
+            }
+
+            return `[@${username}](${context.host}/${username})`;
+          });
+        }
+      }
+
+      // remove references that already appear in the subject
+      commit.references = commit.references.filter((reference) => {
+        if (issues.indexOf(reference.issue) === -1) {
+          return true;
+        }
+
+        return false;
+      });
+
+      return commit;
+    },
+  },
+};
+
+module.exports = {
+  branches: ['main'],
+  plugins: [
+    '@semantic-release/commit-analyzer',
+    ['@semantic-release/release-notes-generator', releaseNotesGeneratorOptions],
+    '@semantic-release/changelog',
+    {
+      path: '@semantic-release/npm',
+      npmPublish: true,
+      pkgRoot: '.',
+    },
+    {
+      path: '@semantic-release/git',
+      assets: ['package.json', 'yarn.lock', 'CHANGELOG.md'],
+      message: 'chore(release): ${nextRelease.version} [skip ci]\n\n${nextRelease.notes}',
+    },
+  ],
+};