chore: remove auto and use release-it instead

.release-it.json

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+  "git": {
+    "commitMessage": "chore: release v${version}"
+  },
+  "github": {
+    "release": true
+  },
+  "hooks": {
+    "after:bump": "yarn build"
+  },
+  "plugins": {
+    "@release-it/conventional-changelog": {}
+  }
+}

README.md

@@ -62,11 +62,6 @@ console.log(cars);
 
 Install dependencies with `yarn`.
 
-## Release Process
+## Release process
 
-Publishing is handled by a 2-branch [pre-release process](https://intuit.github.io/auto/docs/generated/shipit#next-branch-default), configured in `publish.yml`. All changes should be based off the default `next` branch, and are published automatically.
-
-- PRs made into the default branch that [would trigger a version bump](https://intuit.github.io/auto/docs/generated/conventional-commits) are auto-deployed to the `next` pre-release tag on NPM. The result can be installed with `npm install vega-datasets/@next`.
-  - When merging into `next`, please use the `squash and merge` strategy.
-- To release a new stable version, open a PR from `next` into `stable` using this [compare link](https://github.com/vega/vega-datasets/compare/stable...next).
-  - When merging from `next` into `stable`, please use the `create a merge commit` strategy.
+To make a release, run `npm run release`.

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "vega-datasets",
-  "version": "2.3.1",
+  "version": "2.5.3",
   "description": "Common repository for example datasets used by Vega related projects.",
   "license": "BSD-3-Clause",
   "main": "build/vega-datasets.js",
@@ -22,19 +22,18 @@
     "data"
   ],
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@auto-it/conventional-commits": "^10.37.6",
-    "@auto-it/first-time-contributor": "^10.37.6",
     "@babel/core": "^7.19.3",
     "@babel/plugin-transform-runtime": "^7.19.1",
     "@babel/preset-env": "^7.19.3",
     "@babel/preset-typescript": "^7.18.6",
     "@babel/runtime": "^7.19.0",
+    "@release-it/conventional-changelog": "^5.1.1",
     "@rollup/plugin-json": "^6.0.0",
     "@rollup/plugin-node-resolve": "^15.0.1",
     "@types/d3-dsv": "^3.0.0",
-    "auto": "^10.37.6",
     "d3-dsv": "^3.0.1",
     "datalib": "^1.9.3",
+    "release-it": "^15.6.0",
     "rollup": "^2.79.1",
     "rollup-plugin-bundle-size": "^1.0.3",
     "rollup-plugin-terser": "^7.0.2",
@@ -47,6 +46,6 @@
     "build": "rollup -c",
     "flights": "node scripts/flights.js",
     "github": "python scripts/github.py",
-    "release": "yarn build && auto shipit"
+    "release": "release-it"
   }
 }