chore(main): release 16.12.1

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16.12.1 (2024-09-11)

Bug Fixes

• add missing generic updaters in to release please config schema extraFiles (#2344) (050cf93)
• don't escape html tags inside of inline code in release notes (#2367) (a41d137)
• fix comment at release pr is ugly (#2348) (e562ee2)
• GenericJSON updater uses regex to find version in matching entry (#2253) (acc3242)
• prevent open release PRs from being mistaken as current releases (#2323) (3101ab3)
• respect tagSeparator and includeVInTag everywhere (#2283) (dad27e3), closes #2282
• respect signoff in manifest config (#2334) (eb968c8)

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