cannot create release for python package

[Robert'); DROP TABLE students; --]

Steps to reproduce:

1. Create a new repo
2. Add example to .github/workflows/ci.yml:

   on:
     push:
       branches: [ master ]
   
   jobs:
     release:
       runs-on: ubuntu-latest
   
       steps:
         - name: checkout
           uses: actions/checkout@v4
   
         - name: semantic-release
           uses: ahmadnassri/action-semantic-release@v2
           env:
             GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

3. Set permissions on repo to allow R&W for actions
4. Add a hello-world example in main.py
5. commit & push

Expected results:

Created 0.1.0 release

Actual results:

Error: SemanticReleaseError: Missing package.json file

Other:

Since this is a python package, it shouldn't try to publish to NPM or search for package.json file.

https://github.com/builder555/blah/actions/runs/7396822456

[Ahmad Nassri]

by default semantic-release expects to publish an npm package, you'll have to create a configuration file and specify what "plugins" to use... see this own repo .release.json for an example

[Ahmad Nassri]

if you want the defaults without npm, this should suffice:

{
  "plugins": [
    "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer",
    "@semantic-release/release-notes-generator",
    "@semantic-release/github"
  ]
}

this will publish GitHub releases...

bonus: if you want to publish to pypi, you'd need to install this npm package then update the config accordingly: https://www.npmjs.com/package/semantic-release-pypi