Greptile Summary

This PR replaces the bare release-it binary invocation in the release rake task with npx --yes release-it, removing the requirement for a globally installed binary and preventing failures caused by shim managers like mise. The documentation is updated to match, dropping the yarn global add release-it prerequisite in favour of a simple npm availability check.

Key changes:

• rakelib/release.rake: release-it <version> → npx --yes release-it <version> with an explanatory comment
• docs/releasing.md: Prerequisites updated; manual release example updated to use npx --yes release-it

Issues found:

• npx --yes release-it carries no version pin — the latest release-it will be fetched from npm at every release invocation. Since release-it is not a devDependency, there is no lock file to constrain it. A major version bump in release-it could silently change CLI flag behaviour and break the release flow. Pinning a major version (e.g. release-it@17) or adding it as a devDependency would make releases more reproducible.
• The npm --version comment in the prerequisites code block could be rephrased for clarity so it reads as a verification step rather than a setup action.

Confidence Score: 4/5

• Safe to merge — the change is small and correct; the only concern is an unpinned release-it version that could cause future surprises during releases.
• The core logic is sound: npx --yes release-it is a well-understood idiom, all existing flags are preserved, and Shellwords.escape is retained. The one notable gap is no version constraint on release-it, meaning a future breaking release of that tool could silently disrupt the release workflow. This is a best-practice concern rather than a current bug, so the PR is still safe to merge as-is.
• rakelib/release.rake — consider pinning the release-it version in the npx invocation.

Important Files Changed

Flowchart

%%{init: {'theme': 'neutral'}}%%
flowchart TD
    A["bundle exec rake release"] --> B["verify_npm_auth / verify_gh_auth"]
    B --> C["gem bump --no-commit"]
    C --> D["bundle install + lockfile updates"]
    D --> E["git add staged files"]
    E --> F{"Before PR"}
    E --> G{"After PR"}
    F --> F1["release-it <npm_version>\n(requires global binary)"]
    G --> G1["npx --yes release-it <npm_version>\n(downloads latest from npm)"]
    F1 --> H["npm publish + git tag + push"]
    G1 --> H
    H --> I["gem release"]
    I --> J["sync_github_release_after_publish"]

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