# [8.0.0](https://gitlab.com/ethima/semantic-release/compare/v7.0.1...v8.0.0) (2024-02-17)

### Bug Fixes

* **commitlint:** stop not linting when `ENABLE_SEMANTIC_RELEASE` is not `"true"` ([0b394f42](https://gitlab.com/ethima/semantic-release/commit/0b394f42))

### Build System

* **deps:** update dependency @ethima/semantic-release-configuration to v8 ([1cee6438](https://gitlab.com/ethima/semantic-release/commit/1cee6438))

### Features

* **semantic-release:** support locally defined configurations for extension ([3b917de4](https://gitlab.com/ethima/semantic-release/commit/3b917de4))

### BREAKING CHANGES

* **deps:** The `@ethima/semantic-release-configuration@8` and
`semantic-release@23` depend on `cosmiconfig@9`. Primarily, this means
that if a project is using a `config.js` file, or an equivalent such as
`config.json` or `config.ts`, to configure `cosmiconfig` itself, the
file needs to be moved into a `.config` directory in the root of the
project.

See `cosmiconfig`'s ["Usage for end users"
documentation][cosmiconfig-meta-config-url] for details and its [v9.0.0
release notes][cosmiconfig-v9-release-notes-url].

[cosmiconfig-meta-config-url]: https://github.com/cosmiconfig/cosmiconfig/blob/a5a842547c13392ebb89a485b9e56d9f37e3cbd3/README.md#usage-for-end-users
[cosmiconfig-v9-release-notes-url]: https://github.com/cosmiconfig/cosmiconfig/releases/tag/v9.0.0