chore: remove replace-in-file from the list of deps

lib/prepare_release.js

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import path from 'node:path';
 import { promises as fs, existsSync, readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
 
 import semver from 'semver';
-import { replaceInFile } from 'replace-in-file';
 
 import { forceRunAsync, runAsync, runSync } from './run.js';
 import { writeJson, readJson } from './file.js';
@@ -518,11 +517,24 @@ export default class ReleasePreparation extends Session {
   async updateREPLACEMEs() {
     const { newVersion } = this;
 
-    await replaceInFile({
-      files: 'doc/api/*.md',
-      from: /REPLACEME/g,
-      to: `v${newVersion}`
-    });
+    const promises = [];
+    for await (const file of fs.glob('doc/api/*.md')) {
+      promises.push(fs.open(file, 'r+').then(async fd => {
+        try {
+          const fileContent = await fd.readFile('utf-8');
+          if (fileContent.includes('REPLACEME')) {
+            const { bytesWritten } =
+              await fd.write(fileContent.replaceAll('REPLACEME', `v${newVersion}`), 0, 'utf-8');
+            await fd.truncate(bytesWritten);
+          }
+        // eslint-disable-next-line promise/always-return
+        } finally {
+          // TODO: replace with `using` syntax when dropping support for Node.js 22
+          await fd.close();
+        }
+      }));
+    }
+    await Promise.all(promises);
   }
 
   async updateMainChangelog() {

package.json

@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@
     "lodash": "^4.17.21",
     "log-symbols": "^7.0.0",
     "ora": "^9.0.0",
-    "replace-in-file": "^8.3.0",
     "semver": "^7.7.1",
     "smol-toml": "^1.7.0",
     "undici": "^8.3.0",