From c1164977678ff55660bff8f0167ebb483ef7536a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Patrick Lewis <4015312+locus313@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2026 22:27:16 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix: point release-please to VERSION file

The simple release type defaults to version.txt; configure
version-file so the VERSION file is updated on each release.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 release-please-config.json | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
index 8940816..27192b7 100644
--- 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"},