chore: remove release-it as it's unused

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -49,14 +49,12 @@ When you're sending a pull request:
 
 ### Publishing a release
 
-We use [release-it](https://github.com/webpro/release-it) to automate our release. If you have publish access to the NPM package, run the following from the main branch to publish a new release:
+If you have publish access to the NPM package, run the following from the main branch to publish a new release:
 
 ```sh
-yarn release
+yarn publish
 ```
 
-NOTE: You must have a `GITHUB_TOKEN` environment variable available. You can create a GitHub access token with the "repo" access [here](https://github.com/settings/tokens).
-
 ## Reporting issues
 
 You can report issues on our [bug tracker](https://github.com/callstack/react-native-testing-library/issues). Please follow the issue template when opening an issue.

package.json

@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
     "@babel/preset-react": "^7.9.4",
     "@babel/preset-typescript": "^7.16.0",
     "@callstack/eslint-config": "^12.0.2",
-    "@release-it/conventional-changelog": "^2.0.0",
     "@testing-library/jest-native": "~4.0.2",
     "@types/jest": "^28.0.0",
     "@types/react": "^18.0.0",
@@ -53,7 +52,6 @@
     "react": "^18.0.0",
     "react-native": "~0.69.1",
     "react-test-renderer": "^18.0.0",
-    "release-it": "^14.0.3",
     "strip-ansi": "^6.0.0",
     "typescript": "^4.0.2"
   },
@@ -73,7 +71,6 @@
     "flow": "flow",
     "copy-flowtypes": "cp typings/index.flow.js build",
     "lint": "eslint src --cache",
-    "release": "release-it",
     "prepublish": "yarn build",
     "build:js": "babel src --out-dir build --extensions \".js,.ts,.jsx,.tsx\" --source-maps --ignore \"**/__tests__/**\"",
     "build:js:watch": "yarn build:js --watch",