chore: switch from release-plz to release-please for desktop app releases

Author: Mohammod Al Amin Ashik

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -14,75 +14,32 @@ env:
 
 jobs:
   # ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-  # Release PR: Create/update release PR with version bump
+  # Release Please: Create/update release PR with version bump
   # ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-  release-pr:
+  release-please:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       contents: write
       pull-requests: write
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-          persist-credentials: false
-
-      - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
-
-      - name: Create/Update Release PR
-        uses: release-plz/action@v0.5
-        with:
-          command: release-pr
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
-  # ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-  # Release: Create git tag and GitHub release when PR is merged
-  # ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-  release:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions:
-      contents: write
     outputs:
-      releases_created: ${{ steps.release-plz.outputs.releases_created }}
-      version: ${{ steps.get-version.outputs.version }}
-      tag: ${{ steps.get-version.outputs.tag }}
+      release_created: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
+      tag_name: ${{ steps.release.outputs.tag_name }}
+      version: ${{ steps.release.outputs.major }}.${{ steps.release.outputs.minor }}.${{ steps.release.outputs.patch }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v4
+        id: release
         with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-          persist-credentials: false
-
-      - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
-
-      - name: Create Release
-        id: release-plz
-        uses: release-plz/action@v0.5
-        with:
-          command: release
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
-      - name: Extract version from releases output
-        id: get-version
-        if: steps.release-plz.outputs.releases_created == 'true'
-        env:
-          RELEASES: ${{ steps.release-plz.outputs.releases }}
-        run: |
-          # Parse the releases JSON to get tag and version
-          # Example: [{"package_name":"mcpmux","tag":"v0.1.0","version":"0.1.0"}]
-          TAG=$(echo "$RELEASES" | jq -r '.[0].tag')
-          VERSION=$(echo "$RELEASES" | jq -r '.[0].version')
-          echo "tag=$TAG" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "version=$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "Released tag: $TAG, version: $VERSION"
+          # Use manifest mode for Rust project
+          manifest-file: .release-please-manifest.json
+          config-file: release-please-config.json
 
   # ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
   # Build Release: Build Tauri app when release is created
   # ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
   build-release:
-    needs: release
-    if: needs.release.outputs.releases_created == 'true'
+    needs: release-please
+    if: needs.release-please.outputs.release_created == 'true'
+
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -166,10 +123,10 @@ jobs:
           APPLE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.APPLE_PASSWORD }}
           APPLE_TEAM_ID: ${{ secrets.APPLE_TEAM_ID }}
         with:
-          # Use tagName to find and upload to the existing release created by release-plz
-          tagName: ${{ needs.release.outputs.tag }}
-          releaseName: 'McpMux v${{ needs.release.outputs.version }}'
-          releaseBody: ''  # Release notes already created by release-plz
+          # Use tagName to find and upload to the existing release created by release-please
+          tagName: ${{ needs.release-please.outputs.tag_name }}
+          releaseName: 'McpMux v${{ needs.release-please.outputs.version }}'
+          releaseBody: ''  # Release notes already created by release-please
           releaseDraft: false
           prerelease: false
           updaterJsonKeepUniversal: true

.release-please-manifest.json

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  ".": "0.0.1"
+}

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json",
+  "packages": {
+    ".": {
+      "release-type": "rust",
+      "component": "mcpmux",
+      "changelog-path": "apps/desktop/CHANGELOG.md",
+      "bump-minor-pre-major": true,
+      "bump-patch-for-minor-pre-major": true,
+      "draft": false,
+      "prerelease": false,
+      "extra-files": [
+        {
+          "type": "toml",
+          "path": "apps/desktop/src-tauri/Cargo.toml",
+          "jsonpath": "$.package.version"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "toml",
+          "path": "Cargo.toml",
+          "jsonpath": "$.workspace.package.version"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "json",
+          "path": "apps/desktop/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json",
+          "jsonpath": "$.version"
+        }
+      ],
+      "changelog-sections": [
+        { "type": "feat", "section": "Features" },
+        { "type": "fix", "section": "Bug Fixes" },
+        { "type": "perf", "section": "Performance" },
+        { "type": "refactor", "section": "Refactoring" },
+        { "type": "docs", "section": "Documentation" },
+        { "type": "chore", "section": "Chores", "hidden": true },
+        { "type": "style", "section": "Styling", "hidden": true },
+        { "type": "test", "section": "Testing", "hidden": true },
+        { "type": "ci", "section": "CI/CD", "hidden": true },
+        { "type": "build", "section": "Build", "hidden": true }
+      ]
+    }
+  }
+}