feat: remove getLastRelease hook

BREAKING CHANGE: The `getLastRelease` hook is removed

The plugin is compatible only with `semantic-release@13.0.0` and above.

README.md

@@ -10,10 +10,6 @@ Set of [semantic-release](https://github.com/semantic-release/semantic-release)
 
 Verify the presence of the `NPM_TOKEN` environment variable, create or update the `.npmrc` file with the token and verify the token is valid.
 
-## getLastRelease
-
-Determine the last release of the package on the `npm` registry.
-
 ## publish
 
 Update the `package.json` version, [create](https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/pack) the `npm` package tarball and [publish](https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/publish) to the `npm` registry.
@@ -73,7 +69,6 @@ Each individual plugin can be disabled, replaced or used with other plugins in t
 {
   "release": {
     "verifyConditions": ["@semantic-release/npm", "verify-other-condition"],
-    "getLastRelease": "custom-get-last-release",
     "publish": ["@semantic-release/npm", "custom-publish"]
   }
 }
@@ -85,7 +80,6 @@ The `npmPublish` and `tarballDir` option can be used to skip the publishing to t
 {
   "release": {
     "verifyConditions": ["@semantic-release/npm", "@semantic-release/git", "@semantic-release/github"],
-    "getLastRelease": "@semantic-release/git",
     "publish": [
       {
         "path": "@semantic-release/npm",
@@ -107,7 +101,6 @@ When publishing from a sub-directory with the `pkgRoot` option, the `package.jso
 {
   "release": {
     "verifyConditions": ["@semantic-release/npm", "@semantic-release/git"],
-    "getLastRelease": "@semantic-release/npm",
     "publish": [
       {
         "path": "@semantic-release/npm",

index.js

@@ -4,11 +4,10 @@ const getPkg = require('./lib/get-pkg');
 const verifyNpmConfig = require('./lib/verify-config');
 const verifyNpmAuth = require('./lib/verify-auth');
 const publishNpm = require('./lib/publish');
-const getLastReleaseNpm = require('./lib/get-last-release');
 
 let verified;
 
-async function verifyConditions(pluginConfig, {options: {publish, getLastRelease}, logger}) {
+async function verifyConditions(pluginConfig, {options: {publish}, logger}) {
   // If the npm publish plugin is used and has `npmPublish`, `tarballDir` or `pkgRoot` configured, validate them now in order to prevent any release if the configuration is wrong
   if (publish) {
     const publishPlugin = castArray(publish).find(config => config.path && config.path === '@semantic-release/npm');
@@ -26,35 +25,14 @@ async function verifyConditions(pluginConfig, {options: {publish, getLastRelease
   const pkg = await getPkg(pluginConfig.pkgRoot);
   await verifyNpmConfig(pluginConfig, pkg, logger);
 
-  // Verify the npm authentication only if `npmPublish` is not false and if the npm plugin is used as `getLastRelease`
-  if (
-    pluginConfig.npmPublish !== false ||
-    (getLastRelease && (getLastRelease === '@semantic-release/npm' || getLastRelease.path === '@semantic-release/npm'))
-  ) {
+  // Verify the npm authentication only if `npmPublish` is not false
+  if (pluginConfig.npmPublish !== false) {
     setLegacyToken();
     await verifyNpmAuth(pluginConfig, pkg, logger);
   }
   verified = true;
 }
 
-async function getLastRelease(pluginConfig, {options: {publish, branch}, logger}) {
-  setLegacyToken();
-  // Reload package.json in case a previous external step updated it
-  const pkg = await getPkg(pluginConfig.pkgRoot);
-  if (!verified) {
-    if (publish) {
-      const publishPlugin = castArray(publish).find(config => config.path && config.path === '@semantic-release/npm');
-      if (publishPlugin && publishPlugin.pkgRoot) {
-        pluginConfig.pkgRoot = publishPlugin.pkgRoot;
-      }
-    }
-    await verifyNpmConfig(pluginConfig, pkg, logger);
-    await verifyNpmAuth(pluginConfig, pkg, logger);
-    verified = true;
-  }
-  return getLastReleaseNpm(pkg, branch, logger);
-}
-
 async function publish(pluginConfig, {nextRelease: {version}, logger}) {
   setLegacyToken();
   // Reload package.json in case a previous external step updated it
@@ -69,4 +47,4 @@ async function publish(pluginConfig, {nextRelease: {version}, logger}) {
   await publishNpm(pluginConfig, pkg, version, logger);
 }
 
-module.exports = {verifyConditions, getLastRelease, publish};
+module.exports = {verifyConditions, publish};

package.json

@@ -17,14 +17,11 @@
   ],
   "dependencies": {
     "@semantic-release/error": "^2.1.0",
-    "debug": "^3.1.0",
     "execa": "^0.9.0",
     "fs-extra": "^5.0.0",
     "lodash": "^4.17.4",
     "nerf-dart": "^1.0.0",
     "normalize-url": "^2.0.1",
-    "npm-conf": "^1.1.3",
-    "npm-registry-client": "^8.5.0",
     "read-pkg": "^3.0.0",
     "registry-auth-token": "^3.3.1"
   },