release-please.yml

name: "Release Please: alternative to sematic release that creates PRs instead of directly releasing, allowing for manual review and merge"
run-name: "Release Please"
on:
  workflow_call:
    inputs:
      release-type:
        description: "Release Please release type (node, java, go, python, etc.)"
        required: false
        type: string
        default: node
      target-branch:
        description: "Branch to open release PRs against (usually main)"
        required: false
        type: string
        default: main
      config-file:
        description: "Optional Release Please config file path"
        required: false
        type: string
        default: ""
      manifest-file:
        description: "Optional Release Please manifest file path"
        required: false
        type: string
        default: ""
      app-id:
        description: "GitHub App ID used to create the release token"
        required: true
        type: string
    secrets:
        GH_ORG_PRIVATE_KEY:
          description: "GitHub App private key used to create the release token"
          required: true

permissions:
  contents: write
  pull-requests: write

jobs:

  release-please:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/create-github-app-token@v3
        id: app-token
        env:
          GH_ORG_APP_ID: ${{ inputs.app-id }}
          GH_ORG_PRIVATE_KEY: ${{ secrets.GH_ORG_PRIVATE_KEY }}
        with:
          app-id: ${{ env.GH_ORG_APP_ID }}
          private-key: ${{ env.GH_ORG_PRIVATE_KEY }}

      - name: Release Please
        id: rp
        uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v4
        with:
          # Use provided token if present, otherwise default to GITHUB_TOKEN
          token: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
          release-type: ${{ inputs.release-type }}
          target-branch: ${{ inputs.target-branch }}

          # Only pass these when set (empty string is fine; action ignores missing files if not used)
          config-file: ${{ inputs.config-file }}
          manifest-file: ${{ inputs.manifest-file }}

      - name: Output summary
        if: ${{ always() }}
        run: |
          echo "release_created=${{ steps.rp.outputs.release_created }}"
          echo "pr_created=${{ steps.rp.outputs.pr_created }}"
          echo "tag_name=${{ steps.rp.outputs.tag_name }}"