{
    "branches": [
      "main"
    ],
    "ci": false,
    "plugins": [
      "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer",                //Collects all commit messages since the last release and determines the type of release based on the commit messages.
      "@semantic-release/release-notes-generator",        //Generates release notes for the commits added since the last release.
      "@semantic-release/github",                         //Creates a GitHub release with the release notes and upload the release assets to GitHub releases.
      "@semantic-release/changelog",                      //Creates or updates a changelog file in the local project directory.
      [
        "@semantic-release/git",                          //Creates a release commit, updates the version in package.json and publish the release commit to the git remote repository.
        {
          "assets": [
            "CHANGELOG.md"                                //assets we want to commit to the repo
          ],
          "message": "release: version ${nextRelease.version} [skip ci]\n\n${nextRelease.notes}"    //commit message, skip ci to avoid infinite loop
        }
      ]
    ]
  }