Merge pull request #21 from kellenmurphy/fix/release-please-automerge

fix: automate release PR approval, merge, and CI trigger

Author: kellenmurphy

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ on:
         branches: [main]
     pull_request:
         branches: [main]
+        types: [opened, synchronize, reopened, labeled]
 
 permissions:
     contents: read

.github/workflows/release-please.yml

@@ -16,7 +16,16 @@ jobs:
             - name: Release Please
               # googleapis/release-please-action v4
               uses: googleapis/release-please-action@5c625bfb5d1ff62eadeeb3772007f7f66fdcf071
+              id: release
               with:
                   token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
                   config-file: release-please-config.json
                   manifest-file: .release-please-manifest.json
+
+            - name: Approve and enable auto-merge on release PR
+              if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.pr }}
+              env:
+                  GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_PLEASE_TOKEN }}
+              run: |
+                  gh pr review "${{ steps.release.outputs.pr }}" --approve --body "Approved by release-please automation."
+                  gh pr merge --auto --merge "${{ steps.release.outputs.pr }}"