run release-it always bumps to `major`

[ricardo17coelho]

Hi :)

My config looks like this:

// .release-it.cjs

const version = '${version}'
const packageName = process.env.npm_package_name
let scope = ''
if (packageName) {
  scope = packageName.split('/')[1]
}

module.exports = {
  plugins: {
    '@release-it/conventional-changelog': {
      path: '.',
      infile: 'CHANGELOG.md',
      header: '#📋 CHANGELOG',
      preset: {
        name: 'conventionalcommits',
        types: [
          { type: 'feat', section: '✨ Features' },
          { type: 'fix', section: '🐛 Bug Fixes' },
          { type: 'perf', section: '⚡ Performance Improvements' },
          { type: 'revert', section: '⏪ Reverts' },
          { type: 'chore', section: '📦 Chores' },
          { type: 'docs', section: '📝 Documentation' },
          { type: 'style', section: '💄 Styles', hidden: true },
          { type: 'refactor', section: '♻ Code Refactoring' },
          { type: 'test', section: '✅ Tests' },
          { type: 'build', section: '👷‍ Build System' },
          { type: 'ci', section: '🔧 Continuous Integration' },
        ],
      },
      gitRawCommitsOpts: {
        path: '.',
      },
    },
  },
  git: {
    push: true,
    tagName: `${packageName}-v${version}`,
    pushRepo:
      'ssh://git@...repo.git',
    commitsPath: '.',
    commitMessage: `feat(${scope}): released version v${version} [no ci]`,
    requireCommits: true,
    requireCommitsFail: false,
  },
  npm: {
    publish: false,
    versionArgs: ['--workspaces false'],
  },
}

When i run release-it always suggests an "major" release instead o a minor or patch based on the commits and i don't know why.
Here a simple output of the release-it script:

command: yarn release

yarn run v1.22.22
$ release-it

🚀 Let's release @mycomp/mypackage (13.5.2...14.0.0)


Changelog:
## 14.0.0 (2025-07-28)
* feat(DropzoneUploader): optimize Mobile UI ([e0d0b65](url))

Changeset:
 M CHANGELOG.md
 M package.json

I would expect here a "minor" bump from 13.5.2 to 13.6.0 and not 14.0.0

[webpro]

Does following https://github.com/release-it/release-it#troubleshooting--debugging reveal anything of interest?

[ricardo17coelho]

NODE_DEBUG=release-it:* release-it
Basically prints all "commits" and suggests "major" release
=> 🚀 Let's release @my-corp/my-lib (13.6.0...14.0.0)

release-it --VV or release-it --verbose:

$ release-it --VV

🚀 Let's release @my-corp/my-lib (13.6.0...14.0.0)


Changelog:
## 14.0.0 (2025-07-29)
* docs: update ([cecc95c](url/commits/cecc95c))


Changeset:
 M CHANGELOG.md
 M package.json

? Commit (feat(my-lib): released version v14.0.0 [no ci])? (Y/n)

[mauron85]

Same issue. Aways major version.

"@release-it/conventional-changelog": "^10.0.2",
"release-it": "^19.0.6"
conventional-changelog-conventionalcommits@9.1.0

[mauron85]

most likely duplicate of #116