fix(release): use simple release-type + generic Cargo.toml updaters

Cargo.toml

@@ -11,7 +11,11 @@ members = [
 [workspace.package]
 # Per-crate versions live in each crate's [package] so release-please can manage
 # them (it cannot rewrite an inherited `version.workspace = true`). They are kept
-# in lockstep by release-please's Rust workspace strategy.
+# in lockstep by release-please's generic updater: each crate's `version` line
+# carries an `# x-release-please-version` annotation and is listed under
+# `extra-files` in release-please-config.json. The release type is `simple`
+# (not `rust`) because the rust strategy unconditionally tries to rewrite this
+# virtual workspace root as a package manifest and errors out.
 edition = "2021"
 rust-version = "1.91"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"

crates/git-remote-gitlawb/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "git-remote-gitlawb"
 description = "Git remote helper — enables 'git clone gitlawb://did:gitlawb:...'"
-version = "0.3.9"
+version = "0.3.9" # x-release-please-version
 edition.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true

crates/gitlawb-attest/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "gitlawb-attest"
 description = "External Attestation v1: pluggable provenance attachments for gitlawb ref-update certs"
-version = "0.3.9"
+version = "0.3.9" # x-release-please-version
 edition.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true

crates/gitlawb-core/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "gitlawb-core"
 description = "Core cryptographic primitives for the gitlawb network: DIDs, CIDs, UCAN, HTTP Signatures, ref-update certificates"
-version = "0.3.9"
+version = "0.3.9" # x-release-please-version
 edition.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true

crates/gitlawb-node/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "gitlawb-node"
 description = "The gitlawb node daemon — git hosting over HTTP with DID auth"
-version = "0.3.9"
+version = "0.3.9" # x-release-please-version
 edition.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true

crates/gl/Cargo.toml

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "gl"
 description = "The gitlawb CLI — identity management, node control, MCP server"
-version = "0.3.9"
+version = "0.3.9" # x-release-please-version
 edition.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true

release-please-config.json

@@ -2,11 +2,18 @@
   "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json",
   "packages": {
     ".": {
-      "release-type": "rust",
+      "release-type": "simple",
       "package-name": "gitlawb-node",
       "bump-minor-pre-major": true,
       "include-v-in-tag": true,
-      "include-component-in-tag": false
+      "include-component-in-tag": false,
+      "extra-files": [
+        { "type": "generic", "path": "crates/gitlawb-core/Cargo.toml" },
+        { "type": "generic", "path": "crates/gitlawb-node/Cargo.toml" },
+        { "type": "generic", "path": "crates/gl/Cargo.toml" },
+        { "type": "generic", "path": "crates/git-remote-gitlawb/Cargo.toml" },
+        { "type": "generic", "path": "crates/gitlawb-attest/Cargo.toml" }
+      ]
     }
   }
 }