chore: restore and improve release-please configuration (#790)

* ci: add 60-minute timeout for all workflow jobs

Set a global timeout of 60 minutes for all CI jobs to prevent workflows from running indefinitely.

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* feat: restore and improve release-please configuration

- Replace semantic-release with release-please for better Swift library support
- Add minimal release-please configuration with default values
- Configure automatic version updates in Sources/Helpers/Version.swift
- Simplify GitHub workflow to use googleapis/release-please-action@v4
- Remove Node.js dependencies and semantic-release configuration
- Support releases from main and release/* branches

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# Conflicts:
#	Sources/Helpers/Version.swift

# Conflicts:
#	package-lock.json
#	package.json

* chore: remove security workflow

Remove CodeQL and dependency review workflow as it's not needed for this branch.

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* docs: update RELEASE.md for release-please workflow

- Replace semantic-release documentation with release-please flow
- Update configuration file references
- Clarify the automated release process with release PRs
- Remove outdated semantic-release and rc branch information

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* ci: remove wrong defaults key

* chore: update manigest file with latest version

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Co-authored-by: Claude <[email protected]>

Author: grdsdev

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -4,55 +4,18 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
-      - rc
-
+      - release/*
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 permissions:
-  contents: read
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
 
 jobs:
-  release:
+  release-please:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: ${{ !contains(github.event.head_commit.message, 'skip ci') }}
-    permissions:
-      contents: write
-      issues: write
-      pull-requests: write
-      id-token: write
-      attestations: write
-
     steps:
-      - name: Generate token
-        id: app-token
-        uses: actions/create-github-app-token@v2
-        with:
-          app-id: ${{ secrets.APP_ID }}
-          private-key: ${{ secrets.PRIVATE_KEY }}
-      
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v5
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-          token: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
-          persist-credentials: false
-
-      - name: Setup Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v5
+      - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v4
+        id: release
         with:
-          node-version: "20"
-          cache: "npm"
-
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: npm ci
-
-      - name: Run semantic-release
-        id: semantic-release
-        run: npx semantic-release
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
-        continue-on-error: false
-
-      - name: Check if release was created
-        if: steps.semantic-release.outcome == 'success'
-        run: echo "Release created successfully"
+          target-branch: ${{ github.ref_name }}

.github/workflows/security.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  ".": "2.33.0"
+}

.release-please-manifest.json

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-# Semantic Release Setup
+# Release-Please Setup
 
-This project uses [semantic-release](https://semantic-release.gitbook.io/) to automate version management and package publishing.
+This project uses [release-please](https://github.com/googleapis/release-please) to automate version management and package publishing.
 
 ## How it works
 
 1. **Commit messages** follow the [Conventional Commits](https://www.conventionalcommits.org/) specification
-2. **Semantic-release** analyzes commits and determines the next version number
-3. **GitHub Actions** automatically creates releases when changes are pushed to `main`
+2. **Release-please** analyzes commits and determines the next version number
+3. **GitHub Actions** automatically creates release PRs and publishes releases
 
 ## Commit Message Format
 
@@ -47,38 +47,30 @@ BREAKING CHANGE: This removes the old API
 
 ## Release Process
 
-### Regular Releases (main branch)
+### Automated Release Flow
 
-1. Push commits to `main` branch
-2. GitHub Actions runs semantic-release
-3. If there are releasable changes:
+1. **Push commits** to `main` branch with conventional commit messages
+2. **Release-please** analyzes commits and creates a release PR when needed
+3. **Review and merge** the release PR to trigger the actual release:
    - Version is updated in `Sources/Helpers/Version.swift`
    - `CHANGELOG.md` is updated
-   - Git tag is created
+   - Git tag is created (e.g., `v2.33.0`)
    - GitHub release is published
 
-### Release Candidates (rc branch)
+### Release Branches
 
-1. Push commits to `rc` branch
-2. GitHub Actions runs semantic-release
-3. If there are releasable changes:
-   - Prerelease version is created (e.g., `2.31.0-rc.1`)
-   - Version is updated in `Sources/Helpers/Version.swift`
-   - `CHANGELOG.md` is updated
-   - Git tag is created
-   - GitHub prerelease is published
+Release-please also supports `release/*` branches for managing releases from feature branches if needed.
 
 ## Manual Release
 
-To manually trigger a release:
+To manually trigger the release-please workflow:
 
 1. Go to Actions tab in GitHub
-2. Select "Semantic Release" workflow
+2. Select "Release" workflow
 3. Click "Run workflow"
 
 ## Configuration Files
 
-- `.releaserc.json`: Semantic-release configuration
-- `package.json`: Node.js dependencies
+- `release-please-config.json`: Release-please configuration
+- `.release-please-manifest.json`: Current version tracking
 - `.github/workflows/release.yml`: GitHub Actions workflow
-- `scripts/update-version.sh`: Version update script

.releaserc.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import Foundation
 import XCTestDynamicOverlay
 
-private let _version = "2.33.0"
+private let _version = "2.33.0" // {x-release-please-version}
 
 #if DEBUG
   package let version = isTesting ? "0.0.0" : _version