chore: standardize git-flow + release-please tooling

release-please owns version/CHANGELOG/tag on main; commitlint enforces
Conventional Commits (required PR check); dependabot targets develop.

Author: thomas-rx

.github/dependabot.yml

@@ -1,30 +1,17 @@
 version: 2
 updates:
-  # Library dependencies
   - package-ecosystem: npm
-    directory: /
+    directory: "/"
     schedule:
       interval: weekly
+    target-branch: develop
     open-pull-requests-limit: 5
-    groups:
-      minor-and-patch:
-        update-types: [minor, patch]
-
-  # Example app dependencies
-  - package-ecosystem: npm
-    directory: /example
-    schedule:
-      interval: weekly
-    open-pull-requests-limit: 5
-    groups:
-      minor-and-patch:
-        update-types: [minor, patch]
-
-  # GitHub Actions versions (also bumps the deprecated Node-20 actions)
+    commit-message:
+      prefix: "build(deps)"
   - package-ecosystem: github-actions
-    directory: /
+    directory: "/"
     schedule:
       interval: weekly
-    groups:
-      actions:
-        patterns: ['*']
+    target-branch: develop
+    commit-message:
+      prefix: "ci(deps)"

.github/workflows/commitlint.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+name: commitlint
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [develop, main]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  commitlint:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - uses: wagoid/commitlint-github-action@v6

.github/workflows/release-please.yml

@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 name: release-please
 
-# Maintains a release PR (version bump in package.json + CHANGELOG.md from
-# Conventional Commits). Merging that PR creates a GitHub Release + tag, which
-# triggers release.yml to publish to npm.
 on:
   push:
     branches: [main]
@@ -11,14 +8,12 @@ permissions:
   contents: write
   pull-requests: write
 
-env:
-  FORCE_JAVASCRIPT_ACTIONS_TO_NODE24: true
-
 jobs:
   release-please:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v4
         with:
+          target-branch: main
           config-file: release-please-config.json
           manifest-file: .release-please-manifest.json

.release-please-manifest.json

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "1.0.0"
+  ".": "1.1.0"
 }

commitlint.config.mjs

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export default {
+  extends: ['@commitlint/config-conventional'],
+};

release-please-config.json

@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
       "release-type": "node",
       "package-name": "@klaappinc/react-native-nitro-protobuf",
       "changelog-path": "CHANGELOG.md",
-      "include-component-in-tag": false
+      "include-component-in-tag": false,
+      "include-v-in-tag": true
     }
   }
 }