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chore: use default versioning for release-please#1949

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fix-release-please-versioning
Mar 18, 2026
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chore: use default versioning for release-please#1949
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fix-release-please-versioning

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Summary

  • Remove always-bump-patch from release-please config so version bumps follow conventional commits (feat → minor, fix → patch)
  • This fixes the broken release-please PR chore: release main #1896 which had an empty diff and generic title due to version mismatch

Context

The previous always-bump-patch setting conflicted with the manual 1.6.0-SNAPSHOT bump, causing release-please to get stuck. With default versioning, release-please will correctly propose 1.6.0 based on the feat: commits since 1.5.0.

Test plan

  • After merge, verify release-please creates a new PR with correct version and changelog

Remove `always-bump-patch` so release-please uses conventional commits
to determine the version bump (feat → minor, fix → patch).
Signed-off-by: Gregor Zeitlinger <gregor.zeitlinger@grafana.com>
@zeitlinger zeitlinger merged commit 199f1fb into main Mar 18, 2026
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@zeitlinger zeitlinger deleted the fix-release-please-versioning branch March 18, 2026 07:29
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