---
name: "tech-release-please-basics"
title: "release-please basics"
description: "Standing release PR + CHANGELOG; merge tags and publishes"
type: "tech"
category: "ci"
tags: ["tech", "ci", "release"]
related: ["[[tech-release-please-pr-title]]", "[[feedback-never-auto-merge-release-please]]"]
---
release-please maintains a release PR and CHANGELOG from conventional commits. Merging releases tags/publishes.

Prefer release-published workflows over raw tag push to avoid duplicates. Related: [[tech-release-please-pr-title]], [[feedback-never-auto-merge-release-please]].