chore: Add release-please workflow (#366)

.github/release.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+---
+changelog:
+  exclude:
+    labels:
+      - ignore-for-release
+  categories:
+    - title: Breaking Changes 🛠
+      labels:
+        - breaking
+    - title: Exciting New Features 🎉
+      labels:
+        - feature
+    - title: Fixes 🔧
+      labels:
+        - fix
+    - title: Other Changes
+      labels:
+        - "*"

.github/workflows/release-please.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+---
+name: release-please
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
+jobs:
+  release-please:
+    name: release-please
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: google-github-actions/release-please-action@v3.7.12
+        with:
+          release-type: java
+          extra-files: build.gradle
+          name: kafka-ldap-integration

build.gradle

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 group 'com.ultratendency.kafka.ldap'
-version '1.2.0-SNAPSHOT'
+version '1.2.0-SNAPSHOT' // x-release-please-version
 
 sourceCompatibility = "$java_version"