perf: pre-compile regex and refactor code structure

Author: sean2077

.gitignore

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 /cohn_credentials.json
 /.benchmarks
 /benchmark_*.svg
+/benchmarks
 
 # Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
 __pycache__/

.pre-commit-config.yaml

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ repos:
       - id: ruff-check
         args: ["--fix"]
         types_or: [python, pyi]
-        exclude: ^(vendor/|scripts/)
+        exclude: ^(vendor/)
       # Run ruff formatter
       - id: ruff-format
         types_or: [python, pyi]

.releaserc.yml

@@ -19,14 +19,11 @@ plugins:
   - - "@semantic-release/changelog"
     - changelogFile: CHANGELOG.md
   - - "@semantic-release/exec"
-    - prepareCmd: |
-        python -c "import re; content = open('jsonpath/__init__.py').read(); open('jsonpath/__init__.py', 'w').write(re.sub(r'__version__ = \".*?\"', '__version__ = \"${nextRelease.version}\"', content))"
-        uv version "${nextRelease.version}"
+    - prepareCmd: uv version "${nextRelease.version}"
       publishCmd: uv build
   - - "@semantic-release/git"
     - assets:
         - CHANGELOG.md
-        - jsonpath/__init__.py
         - pyproject.toml
         - uv.lock
       message: |-