Build(deps-dev): Bump release-it from 16.3.0 to 17.9.0

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Bumps release-it from 16.3.0 to 17.9.0.

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Release 17.9.0

• Fix up tests re. branch/ref name (70398b4)
• Update dependencies (b4be09d)
• feat: create tag via Gitlab release (release-it#1115) (#1161) (2263772)
• Update projects list (e1a5c5d)

Release 17.8.2

• Revert "Fix up other tests" (e19bcd8)
• discussion_category_name = undefined (9225077)

Release 17.8.1

• Fix up other tests (d8f903e)
• Fix up discussion_category_name (5716681)

Release 17.7.0

• Lint/formatting fixes (79530b9)
• Fix uploaded assets URL for Gitlab version >= 17.2 (#1153) (1a6325b)
• feat(github): expose github make_latest flag (#1150) (eeda65b)
• fix(github-comments): make search query respect 256 character limit (encoded) (#1148) (43a5e71)
• fix: replace obsolete is-ci library by ci-info library (closes #1145) (#1146) (19c232d)
• Remove node-fetch and got from dependencies (#1133) (696f082)
• Fix schema for git.requireBranch (closes #1138) (8b57290)

Release 17.6.0

• Update dependencies (517ac8c)
• Replace eslint-plugin-import with eslint-plugin-import-x (5828326)
• feat: add secure flag to gitlab config (#1129) (7a3ce98)

Release 17.5.0

• Add flag --preReleaseBase=1 to use prelease base 1 (resolves #1128) (6570068)

Release 17.4.2

• More consistent usage of err (4be5b10)
• Add debug output to plugin loader (closes #1044) (138277a)
• fix: vulnerable packages (#1123) (bd41d60)
• fix(types): requireBranch is either a string, false, or undefined (#1124) (c73f866)

Release 17.4.1

• Update more dependencies (dd81abe)
• Update lockfile (b4ed4ce)
• Format readme (ce47cee)
• chore: drop dependency on promise.allsettled (#1120) (9ac3518)
• fix: ship & export types (#1121) (320b88f)
• Update docs (5672a8d)

Release 17.4.0

• Add eslint-plugin-ava to ignoreDependencies (cf41b1b)
• Update some dependencies (8641afe)
• Fix up JSON schema (13e399a)
• Update projects using release-it (0ad9b1e)

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Changelog

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Changelog

This document lists breaking changes for each major release.

See the GitHub Releases page for detailed changelogs: https://github.com/release-it/release-it/releases

v17 (2023-11-11)

• Removed support for Node.js v16.

v16 (2023-07-05)

• Removed support for Node.js v14.

v15 (2022-04-30)

• Removed support for Node.js v10 and v12.
• Removed support for GitLab v12.4 and lower.
• Removed anonymous metrics (and the option to disable it).
• Programmatic usage and plugins only through ES Module syntax (import)

Use release-it v14 in legacy environments.

v14 (2020-09-03)

• Removed global property from plugins. Use this.config[key] instead.
• Removed deprecated npm.access option. Set this in package.json instead.

v13 (2020-03-07)

• Dropped support for Node v8
• Dropped support for GitLab v11.6 and lower.
• Deprecated scripts are removed (in favor of hooks).
• Removed deprecated --non-interactive (-n) argument. Use --ci instead.
• Removed old %s and [REV_RANGE] syntax in command substitutions. Use ${version} and ${latestTag} instead.

v12 (2019-05-03)

• The --follow-tags argument for git push has been moved to the default configuration. This is only a breaking change if git.pushArgs was not empty (it was empty by default).

v11

• The custom conventional-changelog increment (e.g. "increment": "conventional:angular") with additional script configuration is replaced with a plugin. Please see conventional changelog how to use this plugin.
• The pkgFiles option has been removed. If there's a need to bump other files than what npm version bumps, it should be (part of) a plugin.

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Commits

• 4a38c27 Release 17.9.0
• 70398b4 Fix up tests re. branch/ref name
• b4be09d Update dependencies
• 2263772 feat: create tag via Gitlab release (release-it#1115) (#1161)
• e1a5c5d Update projects list
• ab01d16 Release 17.8.2
• e19bcd8 Revert "Fix up other tests"
• 9225077 discussion_category_name = undefined
• bb860e5 Release 17.8.1
• d8f903e Fix up other tests
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Superseded by #2228.