fix: semantic version release process (#428)

* feat: update to semantic-release-action@v4 (using Node 20)

    - also upgrades semantic version to 21.0.9
    - link: cycjimmy/semantic-release-action@0c20554

* feat: test out dry_run

* feat: add presetConfig to commit-analyzer step

    - which is noted as being a required field
    - link: https://github.com/semantic-release/commit-analyzer/tree/v11.0.0#options

* fix: presetConfig not needed on previous conventionalcommits versions

    - noted by: semantic-release/commit-analyzer#525

* feat: pin all dependencies to known versions that work

* Revert "feat: test out dry_run"

This reverts commit e8d8e73.

Author: dib542

.github/workflows/deploy_semantic_release.yml

@@ -18,18 +18,10 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
           token: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
 
-      # this step is a temporary fix due to issue in semantic release package
-      # see https://github.com/cycjimmy/semantic-release-action/issues/159#issuecomment-1490892625
-      - name: Use Node.js 14
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
-        with:
-          node-version: 14
-
       - name: Semantic Release
-        uses: cycjimmy/semantic-release-action@v3.4.2
+        uses: cycjimmy/semantic-release-action@v4
         id: semantic
         with:
-          semantic_version: 19
           # replace master branch with main as a release branch
           # see https://github.com/semantic-release/semantic-release/issues/1581
           # note that branches may already be filtered by the triggers of this workflow
@@ -49,14 +41,14 @@ jobs:
               }
             ]
           extra_plugins: |
-            @semantic-release/commit-analyzer
-            @semantic-release/release-notes-generator
-            @semantic-release/git
-            @semantic-release/changelog
-            @semantic-release/github
-            @semantic-release/npm
-            @semantic-release/exec
-            conventional-changelog-conventionalcommits
+            @semantic-release/commit-analyzer@^11.0.0
+            @semantic-release/release-notes-generator@^12.0.0
+            @semantic-release/git@^10.0.1
+            @semantic-release/changelog@^6.0.3
+            @semantic-release/github@^9.0.6
+            @semantic-release/npm@^11.0.0
+            @semantic-release/exec@^6.0.3
+            conventional-changelog-conventionalcommits@6
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}