From a24a444ede257bfa170b0cec6e1a5ad113d9dc08 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: PatrickSys <rossellocolompatrick@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2026 20:04:50 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix(release): make release-please runnable and less personal

Remove CODEOWNERS requirement, switch to manifest config, and harden npm publish against already-published versions.
---
 .github/CODEOWNERS                   |  1 -
 .github/workflows/publish.yml        | 12 ++++++++++++
 .github/workflows/release-please.yml |  5 +++--
 .release-please-manifest.json        |  3 +++
 RELEASING.md                         |  5 ++++-
 release-please-config.json           | 12 ++++++++++++
 6 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 .github/CODEOWNERS
 create mode 100644 .release-please-manifest.json
 create mode 100644 release-please-config.json

diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
deleted file mode 100644
index c6f651c..0000000
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-* @PatrickSys
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 20202b3..fc81e1f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,18 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GITHUB_REF_NAME: ${{ github.ref_name }}
 
+      - name: Check if version already published
+        run: |
+          VERSION="$(node -e "console.log(JSON.parse(require('fs').readFileSync('package.json','utf8')).version)")"
+          if npm view "codebase-context@${VERSION}" version >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            echo "Version ${VERSION} already exists on npm; skipping publish."
+            echo "SKIP_PUBLISH=true" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+          else
+            echo "Version ${VERSION} not found on npm; will publish."
+          fi
+
       - name: Quality gates
+        if: env.SKIP_PUBLISH != 'true'
         run: |
           pnpm lint
           pnpm format:check
@@ -44,6 +55,7 @@ jobs:
           pnpm build
 
       - name: Publish
+        if: env.SKIP_PUBLISH != 'true'
         run: pnpm publish --access public --no-git-checks
         env:
           NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
index b8ca6b0..b1a0138 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ on:
 permissions:
   contents: write
   pull-requests: write
+  issues: write
 
 jobs:
   release-please:
@@ -15,5 +16,5 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v4
         with:
-          release-type: node
-          package-name: codebase-context
+          config-file: release-please-config.json
+          manifest-file: .release-please-manifest.json
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4c313f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  ".": "1.4.0"
+}
diff --git a/RELEASING.md b/RELEASING.md
index 89bcb4d..721eb82 100644
--- a/RELEASING.md
+++ b/RELEASING.md
@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@ We use a clean OSS-style flow:
    - Require PRs (no direct pushes)
    - Require the `Tests` workflow to pass
 
-This repo also uses `CODEOWNERS` so PRs from non-owners require an approval from `@PatrickSys`.
+3. Allow Release Please to open PRs
+   - GitHub: Settings > Actions > General
+   - Set Workflow permissions to "Read and write"
+   - Enable "Allow GitHub Actions to create and approve pull requests"
 
 ## Normal release flow
 
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..476cd6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "packages": {
+    ".": {
+      "release-type": "node",
+      "package-name": "codebase-context",
+      "changelog-path": "CHANGELOG.md",
+      "include-v-in-tag": true,
+      "include-component-in-tag": false,
+      "extra-files": ["pnpm-lock.yaml"]
+    }
+  }
+}