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chore: Enter alpha prerelease mode#110

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What

Re-enters changesets pre mode with tag alpha by re-adding .changeset/pre.json. This was previously removed in 12e105e ("Remove prerelease") when the repo exited prerelease.

Why

We want to start shipping alpha versions again. Pre mode's presence is driven entirely by pre.json — while it exists on main, changeset version/publish (via the release workflow) produce -alpha.N versions on the npm alpha dist-tag instead of stable bumps on latest.

After merge

  • The release workflow's "Version Packages" PR will target alpha versions.
  • Continue adding changesets per change as usual; they're consumed as alpha bumps while pre mode is active.
  • To go stable again, run changeset pre exit and remove pre.json.

@DouweBos DouweBos marked this pull request as ready for review July 14, 2026 10:17
Re-enter changesets pre mode (tag: alpha) so releases ship as
-alpha.N versions on the npm alpha dist-tag.
@DouweBos DouweBos force-pushed the douwe/changeset-pre-enter-alpha branch from 77af8cc to 05e4316 Compare July 14, 2026 10:18
@DouweBos DouweBos requested a review from RuudBurger July 14, 2026 10:24
@DouweBos DouweBos merged commit 202b4d9 into main Jul 14, 2026
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@DouweBos DouweBos deleted the douwe/changeset-pre-enter-alpha branch July 14, 2026 10:25
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