Release: set preReleaseBase in config file

https://github.com/release-it/release-it/issues/1128#issuecomment-2224692805

Closes gh-5518

.release-it.cjs

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ if ( !blogURL || !blogURL.startsWith( "https://blog.jquery.com/" ) ) {
 }
 
 module.exports = {
+	preReleaseBase: 1,
 	hooks: {
 		"before:init": "bash ./build/release/pre-release.sh",
 		"before:git:release": "git add -f dist/ dist-module/ changelog.md",

build/release/README.md

@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ The release script will not run without this token.
 1. Create draft blog post on blog.jquery.com; save the link before publishing. The link is required to run the release.
 
 	- Highlight major changes and reason for release.
-	- Add contributor list generated in the below release script.
 	- Add HTML from the `changelog.html` generated in the below release script.
 	- Use HTML from the `contributors.html` generated in the below release script in the "Thanks" section.
 

package.json

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
     "prepare": "husky",
     "pretest": "npm run qunit-fixture && npm run babel:tests && npm run npmcopy",
     "qunit-fixture": "node build/tasks/qunit-fixture.js",
-    "release": "release-it --preReleaseBase=1",
+    "release": "release-it",
     "release:cdn": "node build/release/cdn.js",
     "release:changelog": "node build/release/changelog.js",
     "release:clean": "rimraf tmp --glob changelog.{md,html} contributors.html",