Merge branch 'master' into devel

Author: Aaron Roller

.releaserc.yml

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+# needed to keep npm out, which is in by default and requires package.json
+plugins:
+  - "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer"
+  - "@semantic-release/github"
+  - "@semantic-release/release-notes-generator"