From ec9f04642f535a683f6b55b8bece8e0ea328a787 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Neal Beeken <neal.beeken@mongodb.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2023 10:14:47 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] chore(NODE-5382): add 4.x release workflow

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 .github/workflows/release-4.x.yml | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/release-4.x.yml

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-4.x.yml b/.github/workflows/release-4.x.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0d7b9f4ddf1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-4.x.yml
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+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [4.x]
+  workflow_dispatch: {}
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
+name: release
+
+jobs:
+  release-please:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - id: release
+        uses: google-github-actions/release-please-action@v3
+        with:
+          release-type: node
+          package-name: mongodb
+          # Example: chore(main): release 5.7.0 [skip-ci]
+          # ${scope} - parenthesis included, base branch name
+          pull-request-title-pattern: 'chore${scope}: release ${version} [skip-ci]'
+          pull-request-header: 'Please run the release_notes action before releasing to generate release highlights'
+          changelog-path: HISTORY.md
+          default-branch: 4.x
+
+      # If release-please created a release, publish to npm
+      - if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
+        name: actions/setup
+        uses: ./.github/actions/setup
+      - if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
+        run: npm publish --provenance --tag=4x
+        env:
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}