feat: add new plugins option

lib/definitions/errors.js

@@ -61,9 +61,17 @@ Your configuration for the \`tagFormat\` option is \`${stringify(tagFormat)}\`.`
       required ? 'is required and ' : ''
     }must be ${
       multiple ? 'a single or an array of plugins' : 'a single plugin'
-    } definition. A plugin definition is either a string or an object with a \`path\` property.
+    } definition. A plugin definition is an npm module name, optionnaly wrapped in an array with an object.
 
 Your configuration for the \`${type}\` plugin is \`${stringify(pluginConf)}\`.`,
+  }),
+  EPLUGINSCONF: ({plugin}) => ({
+    message: 'The `plugins` configuration is invalid.',
+    details: `The [plugins](${linkify(
+      'docs/usage/configuration.md#plugins'
+    )}) option must be an array of plugin definions. A plugin definition is an npm module name, optionnaly wrapped in an array with an object.
+
+The invalid configuration is \`${stringify(plugin)}\`.`,
   }),
   EPLUGIN: ({pluginName, type}) => ({
     message: `A plugin configured in the step ${type} is not a valid semantic-release plugin.`,

lib/definitions/plugins.js

@@ -6,13 +6,12 @@ const {RELEASE_TYPE, RELEASE_NOTES_SEPARATOR} = require('./constants');
 
 module.exports = {
   verifyConditions: {
-    default: ['@semantic-release/npm', '@semantic-release/github'],
     multiple: true,
     required: false,
     pipelineConfig: () => ({settleAll: true}),
   },
   analyzeCommits: {
-    default: '@semantic-release/commit-analyzer',
+    default: ['@semantic-release/commit-analyzer'],
     multiple: false,
     required: true,
     outputValidator: output => !output || RELEASE_TYPE.includes(output),
@@ -23,13 +22,11 @@ module.exports = {
     postprocess: ([result]) => result,
   },
   verifyRelease: {
-    default: false,
     multiple: true,
     required: false,
     pipelineConfig: () => ({settleAll: true}),
   },
   generateNotes: {
-    default: ['@semantic-release/release-notes-generator'],
     multiple: true,
     required: false,
     outputValidator: output => !output || isString(output),
@@ -45,7 +42,6 @@ module.exports = {
     postprocess: (results, {env}) => hideSensitive(env)(results.filter(Boolean).join(RELEASE_NOTES_SEPARATOR)),
   },
   prepare: {
-    default: ['@semantic-release/npm'],
     multiple: true,
     required: false,
     pipelineConfig: ({generateNotes}, logger) => ({
@@ -64,7 +60,6 @@ module.exports = {
     }),
   },
   publish: {
-    default: ['@semantic-release/npm', '@semantic-release/github'],
     multiple: true,
     required: false,
     outputValidator: output => !output || isPlainObject(output),
@@ -78,14 +73,12 @@ module.exports = {
     }),
   },
   success: {
-    default: ['@semantic-release/github'],
     multiple: true,
     required: false,
     pipelineConfig: () => ({settleAll: true}),
     preprocess: ({releases, env, ...inputs}) => ({...inputs, env, releases: hideSensitiveValues(env, releases)}),
   },
   fail: {
-    default: ['@semantic-release/github'],
     multiple: true,
     required: false,
     pipelineConfig: () => ({settleAll: true}),