Fixed #1 - Fixed the whatsnew-** script for loading release notes into builds

Added test to ensure that release notes are parsed properly
Updated to latest dependencies to fix security vulnerability
Updated GH Actions Workflow to run test before updating tag
Updated README.md to reflect proper whatsnew documentation.

node_modules/yargs/yargs.js

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ const Y18n = require('y18n')
 const objFilter = require('./lib/obj-filter')
 const setBlocking = require('set-blocking')
 const applyExtends = require('./lib/apply-extends')
-const middlewareFactory = require('./lib/middleware')
+const { globalMiddlewareFactory } = require('./lib/middleware')
 const YError = require('./lib/yerror')
 
 exports = module.exports = Yargs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ function Yargs (processArgs, cwd, parentRequire) {
     updateFiles: false
   })
 
-  self.middleware = middlewareFactory(globalMiddleware, self)
+  self.middleware = globalMiddlewareFactory(globalMiddleware, self)
 
   if (!cwd) cwd = process.cwd()
 
@@ -694,8 +694,8 @@ function Yargs (processArgs, cwd, parentRequire) {
     }
 
     // .positional() only supports a subset of the configuration
-    // options availble to .option().
-    const supportedOpts = ['default', 'implies', 'normalize',
+    // options available to .option().
+    const supportedOpts = ['default', 'defaultDescription', 'implies', 'normalize',
       'choices', 'conflicts', 'coerce', 'type', 'describe',
       'desc', 'description', 'alias']
     opts = objFilter(opts, (k, v) => {
@@ -765,6 +765,14 @@ function Yargs (processArgs, cwd, parentRequire) {
   }
   self.getStrict = () => strict
 
+  let parserConfig = {}
+  self.parserConfiguration = function parserConfiguration (config) {
+    argsert('<object>', [config], arguments.length)
+    parserConfig = config
+    return self
+  }
+  self.getParserConfiguration = () => parserConfig
+
   self.showHelp = function (level) {
     argsert('[string|function]', [level], arguments.length)
     if (!self.parsed) self._parseArgs(processArgs) // run parser, if it has not already been executed.
@@ -895,7 +903,7 @@ function Yargs (processArgs, cwd, parentRequire) {
     // register the completion command.
     completionCommand = cmd || 'completion'
     if (!desc && desc !== false) {
-      desc = 'generate bash completion script'
+      desc = 'generate completion script'
     }
     self.command(completionCommand, desc)
 
@@ -1010,7 +1018,14 @@ function Yargs (processArgs, cwd, parentRequire) {
     args = args || processArgs
 
     options.__ = y18n.__
-    options.configuration = pkgUp()['yargs'] || {}
+    options.configuration = self.getParserConfiguration()
+
+    // Deprecated
+    let pkgConfig = pkgUp()['yargs']
+    if (pkgConfig) {
+      console.warn('Configuring yargs through package.json is deprecated and will be removed in the next major release, please use the JS API instead.')
+      options.configuration = Object.assign({}, pkgConfig, options.configuration)
+    }
 
     const parsed = Parser.detailed(args, options)
     let argv = parsed.argv
@@ -1152,7 +1167,7 @@ function Yargs (processArgs, cwd, parentRequire) {
   }
 
   self._runValidation = function runValidation (argv, aliases, positionalMap, parseErrors) {
-    if (parseErrors) throw new YError(parseErrors.message)
+    if (parseErrors) throw new YError(parseErrors.message || parseErrors)
     validation.nonOptionCount(argv)
     validation.requiredArguments(argv)
     if (strict) validation.unknownArguments(argv, aliases, positionalMap)
@@ -1166,8 +1181,9 @@ function Yargs (processArgs, cwd, parentRequire) {
     if (!detectLocale) return
 
     try {
-      const osLocale = require('os-locale')
-      self.locale(osLocale.sync({ spawn: false }))
+      const { env } = process
+      const locale = env.LC_ALL || env.LC_MESSAGES || env.LANG || env.LANGUAGE || 'en_US'
+      self.locale(locale.replace(/[.:].*/, ''))
     } catch (err) {
       // if we explode looking up locale just noop
       // we'll keep using the default language 'en'.