fix: Release workflow, which fails publish step & auto update readme by release-please-config (#551)

Author: iHackSubhodip

.github/workflows/release-please.yml

@@ -13,26 +13,26 @@ name: Release Please
 jobs:
   release-please:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      release_created: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
     steps:
       - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v4
         id: release
         with:
           config-file: release-please-config.json
           manifest-file: .release-please-manifest.json
           token: ${{ secrets.SYNCED_GITHUB_TOKEN_REPO }}
-          default-branch: main
+          target-branch: main
 
       - name: Echo release outputs
         if: ${{ steps.release.outputs }}
         run: echo '${{ toJson(steps.release) }}'
         continue-on-error: true
 
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      # Call the Publish workflow to publish to CocoaPods when a release is cut.
-      # Note the "if" statement makes sure that publishing
-      # only happens when a release is cut.
-      - if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
-        name: Start publish
-        uses: ./.github/workflows/publish.yml
+  # Call the Publish workflow to publish to CocoaPods when a release is cut.
+  # Note the "if" statement makes sure that publishing
+  # only happens when a release is cut.
+  publish:
+    needs: release-please
+    if: ${{ needs.release-please.outputs.release_created }}
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/publish.yml

release-please-config.json

@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
       "changelog-path": "CHANGELOG.md",
       "extra-files": [
         "Google-Maps-iOS-Utils.podspec",
-        "Podfile.template"
+        "Podfile.template",
+        "README.md"
       ]
     }
   }