ci: configure release-please

[swernerx]

Summary

• configure Release Please from the Node product template for the existing single-package release history
• preserve the existing v1.x tag format and bootstrap from the v1.4.0 release commit
• create GitHub releases and publish the package to npm after a release PR is merged
• remove the parallel release-it configuration and document the required repository secrets

Validation

• pnpm check
• Release Please JSON syntax validation
• pre-push hook (pnpm check)

Repository setup

The workflow expects an NPM_TOKEN repository secret. RELEASE_PLEASE_TOKEN is recommended so Release Please-created PRs trigger the regular pull-request CI; it falls back to GITHUB_TOKEN when the secret is not configured.

Refs #92

[swernerx]

@greptileai review

[greptile-apps]

Greptile Summary

This PR replaces the manual release-it process with an automated Release Please workflow. The main changes are:

• Adds Release Please configuration and a 1.4.0 manifest baseline.
• Creates GitHub releases and publishes the package to npm from main.
• Removes release-it configuration, scripts, dependencies, and lockfile entries.
• Documents the automated release flow and required secrets.

Confidence Score: 5/5

This looks safe to merge.

• No blocking issues found in the changed code.
• The release baseline matches the current package version.
• The npm publish path retains the existing validation and build lifecycle.

Important Files Changed

Filename	Overview
.github/workflows/release-please.yml	Adds the main-branch release workflow and publishes to npm only after a release is created.
release-please-config.json	Configures the root Node package, changelog, release baseline, and existing tag convention.
.release-please-manifest.json	Bootstraps Release Please at version 1.4.0.
package.json	Removes the release-it command and development dependencies while retaining prepublish validation.
pnpm-lock.yaml	Removes release-it and its unused transitive dependencies.
README.md	Documents the automated release process and repository secrets.

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[greptile-apps]

Greptile Summary

This PR replaces the manual release-it process with Release Please. The main changes are:

• Adds a main-branch workflow for release PRs, GitHub releases, and npm publishing.
• Bootstraps the root package from version 1.4.0 and preserves v<version> tags.
• Removes the release-it script, configuration, dependencies, and lockfile entries.
• Documents the automated release flow and repository secrets.

Confidence Score: 5/5

This looks safe to merge.

• No blocking issues found in the changed code.
• The manifest version, package version, release commit, and tag format are consistent.
• The removed release-it command is not used by active workflows or hooks.

Important Files Changed

Filename	Overview
.github/workflows/release-please.yml	Adds the Release Please workflow and gates npm publication on a newly created release.
release-please-config.json	Configures the root Node package, existing changelog, release baseline, and plain version tags.
.release-please-manifest.json	Bootstraps the root package at version 1.4.0.
package.json	Removes the release-it command and development dependencies.
pnpm-lock.yaml	Removes release-it and its unused transitive dependency graph.
README.md	Documents Release Please and the npm and GitHub token setup.

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[codecov]

Codecov Report

✅ All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests.
✅ Project coverage is 47.81%. Comparing base (404bc3e) to head (964d383).
⚠️ Report is 3 commits behind head on main.

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