chore: run linter before release task

README.md

@@ -192,20 +192,19 @@ Then execute the following script:
 
 > npm run verify rinkeby
 
-### Release 
+### Release
 
 1. Checkout `master` and pull the latest
 2. Locally run `npm run release`
 3. Choose a new semver version number
 4. **In the background the following will now happen**:
-    1. the `package.json` version will be bumped
-    2. a new Git tag created
-    3. version bump and tag pushed to `master`
-    4. GitHub Release page will open, set the release name, edit the changelog if needed, and publish
-    5. `publish.yaml` will execute (due to the new release tag) to publish the new package version to the NPM registry.
+   1. the `package.json` version will be bumped
+   2. a new Git tag created
+   3. version bump and tag pushed to `master`
+   4. GitHub Release page will open, set the release name, edit the changelog if needed, and publish
+   5. `publish.yaml` will execute (due to the new release tag) to publish the new package version to the NPM registry.
 5. Done!
 
-
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package.json

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
     "migrate": "truffle migrate --network",
     "test": "mocha --timeout 2000000 --exit --recursive",
     "verify": "scripts/verify.js",
-    "release": "np --no-publish --no-yarn"
+    "release": "npm run lint:fix && np --no-publish --no-yarn"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",