TypeError: Cannot read property 'name' of undefined

[sgraham785]

started seeing this error using semantic-release@15 running npx semantic-release --branch master --extends ./semantic-release/release-config.js

[8:54:45 PM] [semantic-release] › ✖  An error occurred while running semantic-release: { TypeError: Cannot read property 'name' of undefined
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332 | at module.exports (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@semantic-release/git/lib/prepare.js:69:38)
333 | at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:68:7)
334 | pluginName: '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@semantic-release/git' }
335 | { TypeError: Cannot read property 'name' of undefined
336 | at module.exports (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@semantic-release/git/lib/prepare.js:69:38)
337 | at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:68:7)
338 | pluginName: ·[32m'/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@semantic-release/git'·[39m }
339 | [Container] 2020/01/10 20:54:45 Command did not exit successfully npx semantic-release --branch master --extends ./semantic-release/release-config.js exit status 1

[pvdlg]

That's because you are using a version of this plugin that is meant for semantic-release 16.
There is a peerDependency defined that should have give you a warning when you do npm install.

[sgraham785]

thanks. updating to semantic-release@16 fixes the issue, with no further changes for me