feat: next release from main branch is 2.26.0 (#1874)

* feat: next release from main branch is 2.26.0

* 🦉 Updates from OwlBot post-processor

See https://github.com/googleapis/repo-automation-bots/blob/main/packages/owl-bot/README.md

Co-authored-by: Owl Bot <gcf-owl-bot[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>

.github/release-please.yml

@@ -14,3 +14,7 @@ branches:
     handleGHRelease: true
     releaseType: java-backport
     branch: 2.12.x
+  - bumpMinorPreMajor: true
+    handleGHRelease: true
+    releaseType: java-backport
+    branch: 2.25.x

.github/sync-repo-settings.yaml

@@ -64,6 +64,23 @@ branchProtectionRules:
       - 'Kokoro - Test: Integration'
       - cla/google
       - OwlBot Post Processor
+  - pattern: 2.25.x
+    isAdminEnforced: true
+    requiredApprovingReviewCount: 1
+    requiresCodeOwnerReviews: true
+    requiresStrictStatusChecks: false
+    requiredStatusCheckContexts:
+      - dependencies (8)
+      - dependencies (11)
+      - lint
+      - clirr
+      - units (8)
+      - units (11)
+      - 'Kokoro - Test: Integration'
+      - cla/google
+      - OwlBot Post Processor
+      - 'Kokoro - Test: Java GraalVM Native Image'
+      - 'Kokoro - Test: Java 17 GraalVM Native Image'
 permissionRules:
   - team: yoshi-admins
     permission: admin

README.md

@@ -56,13 +56,13 @@ implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-bigquerystorage'
 If you are using Gradle without BOM, add this to your dependencies:
 
 ```Groovy
-implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-bigquerystorage:2.24.2'
+implementation 'com.google.cloud:google-cloud-bigquerystorage:2.25.0'
 ```
 
 If you are using SBT, add this to your dependencies:
 
 ```Scala
-libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-bigquerystorage" % "2.24.2"
+libraryDependencies += "com.google.cloud" % "google-cloud-bigquerystorage" % "2.25.0"
 ```
 
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