ci: revert package.json and explicitly call release-it without arguments

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -2,16 +2,6 @@ name: Release
 
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
-    inputs:
-      type:
-        description: 'Release Type'
-        required: true
-        default: 'patch'
-        type: choice
-        options:
-        - major
-        - minor
-        - patch
 
 jobs:
   release:
@@ -32,7 +22,8 @@ jobs:
           git config user.email "<>"
 
       - name: Release
-        run: yarn release ${{ inputs.type }}
+        # We are following a prepare & perform process where you manually bump the version prior to releasing.
+        run: yarn release-it --no-increment --no-git.commit --no-git.push
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -112,11 +112,12 @@ Our pre-commit hooks verify that the linter and tests pass when committing.
 
 We use [release-it](https://github.com/release-it/release-it) to make it easier to publish new versions. It handles common tasks like bumping version based on semver, creating tags and releases etc.
 
-To publish new versions, run the following:
+> [!NOTE]
+> `release-it` was integrated previously when branch-protection rules weren't in place (or were circumvented). As a quick way around that, we manually version now but still use `release-it` for publishing. This means we don't fully leverage `release-it` anymore and thus it may be suitable for replacement (e.g. `release-please`)
 
-```sh
-yarn release
-```
+To publish new versions, first raise a release PR that bumps the `package.json` version. 
+
+When that is merged to main, trigger the `release` GitHub Actions workflow.
 
 ### Scripts
 

package.json

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
     "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit",
     "lint": "eslint \"**/*.{js,ts,tsx}\"",
     "prepack": "bob build",
-    "release": "release-it --no-increment",
+    "release": "release-it",
     "example": "yarn --cwd example",
     "example-new-architecture": "yarn --cwd example-new-architecture",
     "bootstrap": "yarn example && yarn example-new-architecture && yarn install && yarn example bundle && yarn example pods && yarn example-new-architecture bundle && yarn example-new-architecture pods",