Release process test

.github/workflows/release-please.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
+name: release-please
+
+jobs:
+  release-please:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: google-github-actions/release-please-action@v4
+        with:
+          config-file: release-please-config.json
+          manifest-file: .release-please-manifest.json

.pre-commit-config.yaml

@@ -37,3 +37,8 @@ repos:
       - id: check-yaml
       - id: check-toml
       - id: check-added-large-files
+  - repo: https://github.com/compilerla/conventional-pre-commit
+    rev: v3.6.0
+    hooks:
+      - id: conventional-pre-commit
+        stages: [commit-msg]

CONTRIBUTING.rst

@@ -38,25 +38,9 @@ Finally, run the following commands. You should see the effects of your change
 
 Changelog
 =========
-Pull requests will often have CHANGELOG entries associated with. However,
-to avoid excessive merge conflicts, please follow the following procedure:
-
-1. Go into the ``news/`` directory,
-2. Copy the ``TEMPLATE.rst`` file to another file in the ``news/`` directory.
-   We suggest using the branchname::
-
-        @ cp TEMPLATE.rst branch.rst
-
-3. Add your entries as a bullet pointed lists in your ``branch.rst`` file in
-   the appropriate category. It is OK to leave the ``None`` entries for later
-   use.
-4. Commit your ``branch.rst``.
-
-Feel free to update this file whenever you want! Please don't use someone
-else's file name. All of the files in this ``news/`` directory will be merged
-automatically at release time.  The ``None`` entries will be automatically
-filtered out too!
-
+We use conventional commits to generate the changelog.
+Please refer to the `conventional commits specification <https://www.conventionalcommits.org/en/v1.0.0/>`_
+for more information.
 
 Style Guide
 ===========

release-please-config.json

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+{
+    "packages": {
+        ".": {
+            "changelog-path": "changelog.rst",
+            "release-type": "python",
+            "bump-minor-pre-major": true,
+            "bump-patch-for-minor-pre-major": true
+        }
+    }
+}