ci: main branch only - fix bad release PR

This fixes a bad release PR caused by too many commits between main
branach releases.  This should not be cherry-picked to any other
branch.

.github/workflows/release-please.yaml

@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@ jobs:
       - uses: google-github-actions/release-please-action@v3
         id: release
         with:
+          # This command instructs the tool to use the config and manifest
+          # files below to decide the next version and the SHA of the previous
+          # release (used to compute the changelog).  This is necessary if
+          # there are more than 250 commits between main branch releases.
+          command: manifest
+          config-file: .release-please-config.json
+          manifest-file: .release-please-manifest.json
           # Required input to specify the release type (node package).
           release-type: node
           # Make sure we create the PR against the correct branch.

.release-please-config.json

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "last-release-sha": "393df0645f7f31fc7c637fd60834f8b9343cc4c5",
+  "packages": {
+    ".": {
+      "include-component-in-tag": false,
+      "release-as": "4.4.0"
+    }
+  }
+}

.release-please-manifest.json

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  ".": "4.4.0"
+}