.release-please-config.json

{
  "packages": {
    ".": {
      "include-component-in-tag": false,
      "include-v-in-tag": true,
      "component": "",
      "release-type-comment": "This is not really a go project, but go projects in release-please only update CHANGELOG.md and nothing else.  This is what we want.",
      "release-type": "go"
    }
  }
}