build: tell commitlint to ignore release commits instead of disabling Husky during semantic-release

.circleci/config.yml

@@ -36,10 +36,7 @@ jobs:
       - run: npm test
       - run: npm run build
       - deploy_gh_pages
-      - run:
-          command: npx semantic-release
-          environment:
-            HUSKY: 0 # disable Husky hooks so commitlint doesn't block semantic-release
+      - run: npx semantic-release
   update_i18n:
     executor: node/default # defaults to LTS
     steps:

commitlint.config.js

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 module.exports = {
-    extends: ['@commitlint/config-conventional']
+    extends: ['@commitlint/config-conventional'],
+    ignores: [message => message.startsWith('chore(release):')]
 };