feat: setup release please

.github/workflows/publish.yml

@@ -25,27 +25,22 @@ jobs:
 
   release:
     name: Check version & Create release
+    permissions:
+      contents: write # to create release commit 
+      pull-requests: write # to create release PR 
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: build
     outputs:
-      released: ${{ steps.check.outputs.version }} # expose release.outputs.released for the "publish" job
+      # expose release.outputs.released for the "publish" job
+      released: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created  }} 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout code
       uses: actions/checkout@v3
-    - uses: EndBug/version-check@v2
-      id: check
-      with:
-        file-name: haxelib.json
-        diff-search: true
-    - name: Create Release
-      if: steps.check.outputs.changed == 'true'
-      uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+    - uses: google-github-actions/release-please-action@v3
+      id: release
       with:
         token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        tag_name: ${{ steps.check.outputs.version }}
-        name: ${{ steps.check.outputs.version }}
-        draft: false
-        prerelease: false
+        command: manifest
 
   publish:
     name: Publish to Haxelib
@@ -56,7 +51,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: krdlab/setup-haxe@v1
         with:
-          haxe-version: 4.1.2
+          haxe-version: 4.2.5
       - run: |
           haxe -version
           haxelib --debug submit . "$HAXELIB_PASSWORD"

release-please-config.json

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "extra-files": [
+    {
+      "type": "json",
+      "path": "haxelib.json",
+      "jsonpath": "$.version"
+    }
+  ]
+}