fix: configure release-please with PAT and correct component mapping (#349)

- Fix component mismatch: add empty component to match existing v* tags
- Update manifest version to 1.9.8 to match latest release tag
- Use fine-grained PAT (RELEASE_PLEASE_TOKEN) for PR creation
- SHA-pin release-please-action to v4.4.0
- Add FORCE_JAVASCRIPT_ACTIONS_TO_NODE24 for Node.js 20 deprecation
- Set least-privilege permissions at workflow level
- Handle version strings with or without v prefix in getDriverVersion

Author: dlevy-msft-sql

.github/workflows/release-please.yml

@@ -6,15 +6,26 @@ on:
       - main
   workflow_dispatch:
 
-permissions:
-  contents: write
-  pull-requests: write
+# Remove all default token permissions at the workflow level.
+# Individual jobs grant only the permissions they need.
+permissions: {}
 
 jobs:
   release-please:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+      pull-requests: write
+    env:
+      # Opt in to Node.js 24 now. release-please-action v4.4.0 ships node20;
+      # GitHub will force Node 24 on June 2 2026 and remove Node 20 on Sep 16 2026.
+      # Remove this once the action publishes a node24-native version.
+      FORCE_JAVASCRIPT_ACTIONS_TO_NODE24: true
     steps:
-      - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v4
+      - name: Run Release Please
+        # googleapis/release-please-action v4.4.0
+        uses: googleapis/release-please-action@16a9c90856f42705d54a6fda1823352bdc62cf38
         with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_PLEASE_TOKEN }}
           config-file: release-please-config.json
           manifest-file: .release-please-manifest.json

.release-please-manifest.json

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "1.9.6"
+  ".": "1.9.8"
 }

release-please-config.json

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
     ".": {
       "release-type": "go",
       "package-name": "go-mssqldb",
+      "component": "",
+      "include-component-in-tag": false,
       "changelog-path": "CHANGELOG.md",
       "bump-minor-pre-major": true,
       "extra-files": [

version.go

@@ -1,15 +1,18 @@
 package mssql
 
-import "fmt"
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+)
 
 // This value is automatically updated by Release Please during the release process.
 // It is written to the prelogin and login7 packets during a new connection.
-const driverVersion = "v1.9.8"
+const driverVersion = "v1.9.8" // x-release-please-version
 
 func getDriverVersion(ver string) uint32 {
 	var majorVersion uint32
 	var minorVersion uint32
 	var rev uint32
-	_, _ = fmt.Sscanf(ver, "v%d.%d.%d", &majorVersion, &minorVersion, &rev)
+	_, _ = fmt.Sscanf(strings.TrimPrefix(ver, "v"), "%d.%d.%d", &majorVersion, &minorVersion, &rev)
 	return (majorVersion << 24) | (minorVersion << 16) | rev
 }