diff --git a/.release.json b/.release.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ebded8e6e
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+{
+  "commitMessage": "release %s",
+  "tagAnnotation": "release %s",
+  "github": {
+    "release": false,
+    "releaseName": "release %s"
+  }
+}