chore: adjust release process, use package.json#version instead

Author: arnautov-anton

.gitignore

@@ -68,5 +68,4 @@ typings/
 /.idea
 .envrc
 
-test/typescript/data.*
-.version
+test/typescript/data.*

.releaserc.json

@@ -68,12 +68,6 @@
         }
       }
     ],
-    [
-      "@semantic-release/exec",
-      {
-        "prepareCmd": "echo \"${nextRelease.version}\" > .version"
-      }
-    ],
     [
       "@semantic-release/changelog",
       {

package.json

@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@
     "@commitlint/cli": "^16.0.2",
     "@commitlint/config-conventional": "^16.0.0",
     "@semantic-release/changelog": "^6.0.3",
-    "@semantic-release/exec": "^7.0.3",
     "@semantic-release/git": "^10.0.1",
     "@types/base64-js": "^1.3.0",
     "@types/chai": "^4.2.15",

scripts/get-package-version.mjs

@@ -1,20 +1,13 @@
 import { execSync } from 'node:child_process';
-import { resolve } from 'node:path';
-import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
 import packageJson from '../package.json' with { type: 'json' };
 
-// Get the latest version so that magic string __STREAM_CHAT_REACT_VERSION__ can be replaced with it in the source code (used for reporting purposes)
+// get the latest version so that "process.env.PKG_VERSION" can be replaced with it in the source code (used for reporting purposes), see bundle.mjs for source
 export default function getPackageVersion() {
-  let version;
-  // During release, use the version being released
-  // see .releaserc.json where the .version file is generated
-  try {
-    console.info({ v: packageJson.version });
-    version = readFileSync(resolve(import.meta.dirname, '../.version')).toString().trim();
-  } catch {/* do nothing */}
+  // "build" script ("prepack" hook) gets invoked when semantic-release runs "npm publish", at that point package.json#version already contains updated next version which we can use
+  let version = packageJson.version;
 
-  if (typeof version !== 'string') {
-    // Otherwise use the latest git tag
+  // if it fails (loads a default), try pulling version from git
+  if (version === '0.0.0-development') {
     try {
       version = execSync('git describe --tags --abbrev=0').toString().trim();
     } catch (error) {
@@ -23,6 +16,8 @@ export default function getPackageVersion() {
       version = packageJson.version;
     }
   }
+
   console.log(`Determined the build package version to be ${version}`);
+
   return version;
 }

yarn.lock

@@ -893,18 +893,6 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@semantic-release/error/-/error-4.0.0.tgz#692810288239637f74396976a9340fbc0aa9f6f9"
   integrity sha512-mgdxrHTLOjOddRVYIYDo0fR3/v61GNN1YGkfbrjuIKg/uMgCd+Qzo3UAXJ+woLQQpos4pl5Esuw5A7AoNlzjUQ==
 
-"@semantic-release/exec@^7.0.3":
-  version "7.0.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@semantic-release/exec/-/exec-7.0.3.tgz#be0b2d8e7e2bcf05076fc48914a643b939c2c151"
-  integrity sha512-uNWwPNtWi3WTcTm3fWfFQEuj8otOvwoS5m9yo2jSVHuvqdZNsOWmuL0/FqcVyZnCI32fxyYV0G7PPb/TzCH6jw==
-  dependencies:
-    "@semantic-release/error" "^4.0.0"
-    aggregate-error "^3.0.0"
-    debug "^4.0.0"
-    execa "^9.0.0"
-    lodash-es "^4.17.21"
-    parse-json "^8.0.0"
-
 "@semantic-release/git@^10.0.1":
   version "10.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@semantic-release/git/-/git-10.0.1.tgz#c646e55d67fae623875bf3a06a634dd434904498"