From b53c7281cd64915838db2995d0823916732979e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nikolai Emil Damm <nikolaiemildamm@icloud.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2026 12:44:40 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(release): treat `type!:` commits as breaking
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semantic-release's default preset recognises a breaking change only from a
`BREAKING CHANGE:` footer, so a bang-style commit produced NO release at all —
a breaking change shipped unversioned and nobody downstream learned the API
broke. The org's commit-message ruleset explicitly permits the bang, so
contributors are invited to write exactly the form that silently does nothing.

Only the bang forms change: feat: -> minor, fix: -> patch,
docs:/chore:/ci: -> no release, and the BREAKING CHANGE: footer still works.
Any existing release rules are preserved.

Verified with semantic-release 25.0.3 against this repo's actual config.

Part of devantler-tech/actions#653

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 .releaserc | 15 ++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.releaserc b/.releaserc
index b712c29..50e4059 100644
--- a/.releaserc
+++ b/.releaserc
@@ -3,6 +3,19 @@
     "main"
   ],
   "plugins": [
-    "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer"
+    [
+      "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer",
+      {
+        "parserOpts": {
+          "breakingHeaderPattern": "^(\\w*)(?:\\((.*)\\))?!: (.*)$"
+        },
+        "releaseRules": [
+          {
+            "breaking": true,
+            "release": "major"
+          }
+        ]
+      }
+    ]
   ]
 }