ci: add release-please configuration and workflow files (#83)

.github/workflows/release-please.yaml

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+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
+name: release-please
+
+jobs:
+  release-please:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v4
+      with:
+        token: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_PLEASE_PAT }}
+        # this assumes that you have created a personal access token
+        # (PAT) and configured it as a GitHub action secret named
+        # `MY_RELEASE_PLEASE_TOKEN` (this secret name is not important).
+        # this is a built-in strategy in release-please, see "Action Inputs"
+        # for more options

.release-please-manifest.json

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+{
+    ".": "1.0.8"
+}

release-please-config.json

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+{
+    "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json",
+    "release-type": "python",
+    "packages": {
+        ".": {
+            "release-type": "python",
+            "changelog-sections": [
+                {"section": "🚀 Features", "type": "feat", "hidden": false},
+                {"section": "🐛 Bugfixes", "type": "fix", "hidden": false},
+                {"section": "📝 Documentation", "type": "docs", "hidden": false},
+                {"section": "⬆️ Dependency updates", "type": "deps", "hidden": false},
+                {"section": "🔨 Code Refactoring", "type": "refactor", "hidden": false},
+                {"section": "🧪 Tests", "type": "test", "hidden": false},
+                {"section": "⏪️ Reverts", "type": "revert", "hidden": false},
+                {"section": "⚡️ Performance Improvements", "type": "perf", "hidden": false},
+                {"section": "🏗️ Maintenance", "type": "build", "hidden": false},
+                {"section": "🎨 Styles", "type": "style", "hidden": false},
+                {"section": "🔧 Miscellaneous Chores", "type": "chore", "hidden": false},
+                {"section": "👷 Continuous Integration", "type": "ci", "hidden": false}
+            ]
+        }
+    },
+    "changelog-sections": [
+        {"section": "🚀 Features", "type": "feat", "hidden": false},
+        {"section": "🐛 Bugfixes", "type": "fix", "hidden": false},
+        {"section": "📝 Documentation", "type": "docs", "hidden": false},
+        {"section": "⬆️ Dependency updates", "type": "deps", "hidden": false},
+        {"section": "🔨 Code Refactoring", "type": "refactor", "hidden": false},
+        {"section": "🧪 Tests", "type": "test", "hidden": false},
+        {"section": "⏪️ Reverts", "type": "revert", "hidden": false},
+        {"section": "⚡️ Performance Improvements", "type": "perf", "hidden": false},
+        {"section": "🏗️ Maintenance", "type": "build", "hidden": false},
+        {"section": "🎨 Styles", "type": "style", "hidden": false},
+        {"section": "🔧 Miscellaneous Chores", "type": "chore", "hidden": false},
+        {"section": "👷 Continuous Integration", "type": "ci", "hidden": false}
+    ]
+}