From b0676caa1ff6ceeb05bbd692f9dca708b4281687 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Klimuntowski <daniel.klimuntowski@demicon.de>
Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2026 23:05:24 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] ci: replace release-please with GitHub Actions-based Docker
 release workflow

---
 .github/workflows/release.yml | 54 ++++++++++++++++-------------------
 release-please-config.json    | 12 --------
 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 release-please-config.json

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 71ea125..b9decfd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -2,49 +2,40 @@ name: Release
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches: [main]
+    tags:
+      - "v*"
 
-permissions:
-  contents: write
-  pull-requests: write
-  packages: write
+env:
+  REGISTRY: ghcr.io
+  IMAGE_NAME: ${{ github.repository }}
 
 jobs:
-  release-please:
-    name: Release Please
+  publish:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    outputs:
-      release_created: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
-      tag_name: ${{ steps.release.outputs.tag_name }}
-    steps:
-      - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v4
-        id: release
-        with:
-          config-file: release-please-config.json
-          manifest-file: .release-please-manifest.json
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+      packages: write
 
-  publish-docker:
-    name: Publish Docker image
-    needs: release-please
-    if: needs.release-please.outputs.release_created == 'true'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
-      - uses: docker/login-action@v3
+
+      - name: Log in to GHCR
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
         with:
-          registry: ghcr.io
+          registry: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}
           username: ${{ github.actor }}
           password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
       - name: Extract metadata
         id: meta
         uses: docker/metadata-action@v5
         with:
-          images: ghcr.io/danielpmichalski/anki-cloud
+          images: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}
           tags: |
-            type=raw,value=${{ needs.release-please.outputs.tag_name }}
-            type=raw,value=latest
-      - name: Build and push
+            type=ref,event=tag
+            type=raw,value=latest,enable={{is_default_branch}}
+
+      - name: Build and push Docker image
         uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
         with:
           context: .
@@ -52,5 +43,8 @@ jobs:
           push: true
           tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
           labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
-          cache-from: type=gha
-          cache-to: type=gha,mode=max
+
+      - name: Create GitHub Release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        with:
+          generate_release_notes: true
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 4703298..0000000
--- a/release-please-config.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json",
-  "release-type": "node",
-  "packages": {
-    ".": {
-      "changelog-path": "CHANGELOG.md",
-      "release-type": "node",
-      "bump-minor-pre-major": true,
-      "bump-patch-for-minor-pre-major": true
-    }
-  }
-}