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plug in does not work from .releaserc.json

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
release

Research direction

Start by comparing the plugin configuration in .releaserc.json with the working configuration in package.json, using the linked semantic-release issue as context. Reproduce the reported setup and trace plugin loading; done means the plugin loads from .releaserc.json as it does from package.json.

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Description

Lost a couple of hours on this...

Had the configuration in .releaserc.json and the plugin was not loaded. As soon as I moved the config to package.json it worked

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Dominant language
JavaScript
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