chore: convert commitlint config to mjs

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -74,18 +74,18 @@ Issues labelled `good first contribution`.
 
 ### Branching Strategy:
 
--   **Main Branch**: Ongoing development and new features are submitted to the main branch.
+-   **Main Branch**: Ongoing development and new features are submitted to the `main` branch.
 
--   **Release Branch**: We'll utilize a dedicated branch for managing releases
+-   **Release Branches**: We'll utilize dedicated branches for managing releases.
 
     -   **Major Release:**
-        -   Create a new branch named `release-\*` (e.g., `release-2`) from `main` to manage the release process.
-        -   Update the `.releaserc.yml` file: Locate the `branches` property and specify the newly created release branch name (e.g., `release-2`).
+        -   Create a new branch named `release-<major version>` (e.g., `release-2` for a `2.0` release) from `main` to manage the release process.
+        -   Update the `.releaserc.json` file: Locate the `branches` property and specify the newly created release branch name (e.g., `release-2`).
     -   **Minor/Patch Release:**
-        -   If a release branch for a major version already exists (e.g., `release-2`), we can use it for subsequent minor and patch releases.
-        -   Hot fixes are merged in release branch, and will be merged back to `main` once it is verified.
+        -   We will use existing major release branches (e.g. `release-2`) for subsequent minor and patch releases (e.g. `2.0.1`, `2.1.2`, etc.).
+        -   Once changes are verified and merged into the release branch, they will be merged back to `main`.
 
--   **Trigger Release Manually:**:
+-   **Trigger Release Manually:**
     -   Navigate to the `Actions` tab in GitHub repository.
     -   Select the `release` workflow from the left sidebar.
     -   Click the `Run workflow` button to initiate the release process.

commitlint.config.js → commitlint.config.mjs

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 const automaticCommitPattern = /^chore\(release\):.*\[skip ci\]/;
 
 /** @type {import('@commitlint/types').UserConfig} */
-module.exports = {
+export default {
     extends: ['@commitlint/config-conventional'],
     ignores: [(commitMsg) => automaticCommitPattern.test(commitMsg)]
 };