fix: point release-please to VERSION file (#32)

locus313 · Copilot · web-flow · commit 21e96419bbbe · 2026-06-26T22:28:38.000-07:00
The simple release type defaults to version.txt; configure
version-file so the VERSION file is updated on each release.

Co-authored-by: Copilot &lt;223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com&gt;
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json",
   "release-type": "simple",
+  "version-file": "VERSION",
   "include-v-in-tag": true,
   "changelog-sections": [
     {"type": "feat",     "section": "Features"},

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@`
`1`	`1`	`{`
`2`	`2`	`"$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json",`
`3`	`3`	`"release-type": "simple",`
	`4`	`+ "version-file": "VERSION",`
`4`	`5`	`"include-v-in-tag": true,`
`5`	`6`	`"changelog-sections": [`
`6`	`7`	`{"type": "feat", "section": "Features"},`