[chore] improve version checking in release workflow

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
-      - name: Extract version from package.json
-        id: package_version
-        run: echo "::set-output name=version::$(grep '\"version\"' package.json | cut -d '\"' -f 4)"
+      - name: Check for version update in package.json
+        id: check_version
+        uses: EndBug/version-check@v2
 
       - name: Push Git Tag
         run: |
-          TAG="v${{ steps.package_version.outputs.version }}"
+          TAG="v${{ steps.check_version.outputs.version }}"
           git tag $TAG
           git push origin $TAG
 
@@ -29,14 +29,14 @@ jobs:
         uses: mindsers/changelog-reader-action@v2
         with:
           validation_level: warn
-          version: ${{ steps.package_version.outputs.version }}
+          version: ${{ steps.check_version.outputs.version }}
           path: ./CHANGELOG.md
 
       - name: Create/update release
         uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
         with:
-          tag: v${{ steps.package_version.outputs.version }}
-          name: v${{ steps.package_version.outputs.version }}
+          tag: v${{ steps.check_version.outputs.version }}
+          name: v${{ steps.check_version.outputs.version }}
           body: ${{ steps.changelog_reader.outputs.changes }}
           allowUpdates: true
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

.vscode/settings.json

@@ -9,7 +9,4 @@
   // Turn off tsc task auto detection since we have the necessary tasks as npm scripts
   "typescript.tsc.autoDetect": "off",
   "YOCO.includeFilePath": true,
-  "githubPullRequests.ignoredPullRequestBranches": [
-    "dev"
-  ]
 }