Configure semantic-release

Author: spawnia

.github/workflows/release.yml

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+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: 22
+
+      - run: npm ci
+
+      - run: npx semantic-release
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

.releaserc.json

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+{
+  "plugins": [
+    "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer",
+    "@semantic-release/release-notes-generator",
+    "@semantic-release/changelog",
+    "@semantic-release/git",
+    "@semantic-release/github"
+  ]
+}

CONTRIBUTING.md

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+# Commit Message Convention
+
+This project uses [Conventional Commits](https://conventionalcommits.org/) for automated version management and release notes generation.
+
+## Format
+
+```
+<type>[optional scope]: <description>
+
+[optional body]
+
+[optional footer(s)]
+```
+
+## Types
+
+- **feat**: A new feature (triggers a minor version bump)
+- **fix**: A bug fix (triggers a patch version bump)
+- **docs**: Documentation only changes
+- **style**: Changes that do not affect the meaning of the code (white-space, formatting, missing semi-colons, etc)
+- **refactor**: A code change that neither fixes a bug nor adds a feature
+- **perf**: A code change that improves performance
+- **test**: Adding missing tests or correcting existing tests
+- **chore**: Changes to the build process or auxiliary tools and libraries
+
+## Breaking Changes
+
+Add `BREAKING CHANGE:` in the footer or append `!` after the type/scope to indicate breaking changes (triggers a major version bump).
+
+## Examples
+
+```
+feat: add support for PHP 8.4
+fix: resolve memory leak in CSV parsing
+docs: update installation instructions
+feat!: drop support for PHP 7.4
+feat(csv): add new export format
+
+BREAKING CHANGE: PHP 7.4 is no longer supported
+```
+
+## Scopes (optional)
+
+You can use scopes to specify which part of the codebase is affected:
+- `csv`: CSV-related functionality
+- `holidays`: Holiday calculation features
+- `microplate`: Microplate handling
+- `phpstan`: PHPStan rules
+- `scanner`: Scanner-related features
+- `samplesheet`: Sample sheet functionality

package.json

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+{
+  "name": "mll-lab-php-utils",
+  "private": true,
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@semantic-release/changelog": "^6.0.3",
+    "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer": "^13.0.0",
+    "@semantic-release/git": "^10.0.1",
+    "@semantic-release/github": "^11.0.0",
+    "@semantic-release/release-notes-generator": "^14.0.1",
+    "semantic-release": "^24.0.0"
+  }
+}