From ce8c4eb5e69abcc452344d25f85b9ddfa50e3dcb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ben Brandt <benjamin.j.brandt@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2025 10:54:44 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] chore: bootstrap releases for path: .

---
 .release-please-manifest.json |  3 +++
 release-please-config.json    | 13 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .release-please-manifest.json
 create mode 100644 release-please-config.json

diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d04f223
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  ".": "0.5.1"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d9c62a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+  "packages": {
+    ".": {
+      "changelog-path": "CHANGELOG.md",
+      "release-type": "node",
+      "bump-minor-pre-major": false,
+      "bump-patch-for-minor-pre-major": false,
+      "draft": false,
+      "prerelease": true
+    }
+  },
+  "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json"
+}
\ No newline at end of file

From 522b2fe3b27de1ae1df4c86431e292050d403f8e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ben Brandt <benjamin.j.brandt@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2025 11:21:20 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Add GitHub workflow for release-please

---
 .github/dependabot.yml        |  7 +++++
 .github/workflows/publish.yml | 49 +++++++++++++++++++++++------------
 .gitignore                    |  3 +++
 3 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .github/dependabot.yml

diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d202a33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+version: 2
+updates:
+  - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
+    directory: "/"
+    schedule:
+      # Check for updates to GitHub Actions every week
+      interval: "weekly"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index d8c6f50..c4f81dc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -1,15 +1,44 @@
-name: Publish Packages
+name: release-please
+
 on:
   push:
-    tags:
-      - "v*.*.*"
+    branches:
+      - main
+
 jobs:
-  publish-npm:
+  release-please:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment: release # Optional: for enhanced security
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+      issues: write
+      pull-requests: write
+    steps:
+      # Generating a GitHub token, so that PRs and tags created by
+      # the release-please-action can trigger actions workflows.
+      - name: Generate GitHub token
+        uses: actions/create-github-app-token@7e473efe3cb98aa54f8d4bac15400b15fad77d94
+        id: generate-token
+        with:
+          # GitHub App ID secret name
+          app-id: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_PLZ_APP_ID }}
+          # GitHub App private key secret name
+          private-key: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_PLZ_APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+      - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@16a9c90856f42705d54a6fda1823352bdc62cf38
+        id: release
+        with:
+          token: ${{ steps.generate-token.outputs.token }}
+          release-type: node
+    outputs:
+      release_created: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
+  publish:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     environment: release # Optional: for enhanced security
     permissions:
       contents: read
       id-token: write
+    needs: [release-please]
+    if: ${{ needs.release-please.outputs.release_created }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8
       # Setup .npmrc file to publish to npm
@@ -22,15 +51,3 @@ jobs:
       - run: npm ci
       - run: npm run build
       - run: npm publish
-  release:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [publish-npm]
-    permissions:
-      contents: write
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8
-      - name: Create Release
-        id: create_release
-        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@6da8fa9354ddfdc4aeace5fc48d7f679b5214090
-        with:
-          draft: true
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 31c0ccf..7dd7656 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,3 +13,6 @@ src/*.js.map
 
 # TypeDoc generated documentation
 src/docs/
+
+.release-please-manifest.json
+release-please-config.json