ci(release-please): initial configuration (#380)

.github/workflows/release-please.yml

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+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - maint-0.9
+      - master
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
+name: release-please
+
+jobs:
+  release-please:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: google-github-actions/release-please-action@v4
+        with:
+          config-file: .release-please-config.json
+          target-branch: ${{ github.ref_name }}

.release-please-config.json

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+{
+  "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json",
+  "include-v-in-tag": false,
+  "packages": {
+    ".": {
+      "changelog-sections": [
+        { "type": "build", "section": "Build", "hidden": false },
+        { "type": "feat", "section": "Features", "hidden": false  },
+        { "type": "fix", "section": "Bug fixes", "hidden": false },
+        { "type": "perf", "section": "Performance improvements", "hidden": false },
+        { "type": "refactor", "section": "Code refactoring", "hidden": false },
+        { "type": "style", "section": "Code style", "hidden": false },
+        { "type": "test", "section": "Test suite", "hidden": false },
+        { "type": "ci", "section": "Continuous integration", "hidden": false },
+        { "type": "docs", "section": "Documentation", "hidden": false },
+        { "type": "chore", "section": "Chores", "hidden": true }
+      ],
+      "versioning": "always-bump-patch"
+    }
+  },
+  "pull-request-footer": " ",
+  "pull-request-header": " ",
+  "release-type": "node"
+}

.release-please-manifest.json

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+{
+  ".": "0.9.3"
+}

LICENSE

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 MIT License
 
-Copyright (C) 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 CERN.
+Copyright (C) 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 CERN.
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
 this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in