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feat(github.release-please): add the composite action for release-please with a GitHub App token #40

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name: GitHub - Release Please
description: Run release-please with a GitHub App token so that its release pull requests trigger other workflows.

inputs:
github_app_client_id:
required: true
description: "(Required) The Client ID of the GitHub App used to create release pull requests and releases."
github_app_private_key:
required: true
description: "(Required) The private key of the GitHub App."
config_file:
required: false
default: release-please-config.json
description: "(Optional) The path to the release-please config file. Defaults to `release-please-config.json`."
manifest_file:
required: false
default: .release-please-manifest.json
description: "(Optional) The path to the release-please manifest file. Defaults to `.release-please-manifest.json`."

outputs:
release_created:
description: "`true` if a release of the root component was created."
value: ${{ steps.release-please.outputs.release_created }}
tag_name:
description: The tag name of the created release.
value: ${{ steps.release-please.outputs.tag_name }}
version:
description: The version of the created release.
value: ${{ steps.release-please.outputs.version }}

runs:
using: composite
steps:
- name: Generate GitHub App Token
id: github-app-token
uses: actions/create-github-app-token@v3
with:
client-id: ${{ inputs.github_app_client_id }}
private-key: ${{ inputs.github_app_private_key }}
permission-contents: write
permission-issues: write
permission-pull-requests: write

- name: Release Please
id: release-please
uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v5
with:
token: ${{ steps.github-app-token.outputs.token }}
config-file: ${{ inputs.config_file }}
manifest-file: ${{ inputs.manifest_file }}
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