release actions

Author: LinneyS

.github/workflows/create-tag.yml

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+name: Create Tag
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [master]
+    paths-ignore:
+      - '.github/**'
+      - '**/AUTHORS.md'
+      - '**/LICENSE'
+      - '**/README.md'
+
+jobs:
+  create-tag:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout Repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Get Info
+        run: |
+          echo "version=$(grep -Eo '[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)+' CHANGELOG.md | head -n 1)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        id: info
+      - name: Create Tag
+        run: |
+          git config user.name "$GITHUB_ACTOR"
+          git config user.email "$GITHUB_ACTOR@users.noreply.github.com"
+          git tag -a 'v${{ steps.info.outputs.version }}' -m 'Release/v${{ steps.info.outputs.version }}'
+          git push origin 'v${{ steps.info.outputs.version }}'

.github/workflows/release.yml

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+name: Release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - 'v*'
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout Repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Get Info
+        run: |
+          echo "version=$(grep -Eo '[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)+' CHANGELOG.md | head -n 1)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        id: info
+      - name: Generate Changelog
+        run: |
+          awk 'BEGIN {found=0} /^## [0-9]/ {if (!found) {found=1; next} else exit} found {print}' CHANGELOG.md > RELEASE.md
+      - name: Create Release
+        uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
+        id: create_release
+        with:
+          bodyFile: RELEASE.md
+          tag: v${{ steps.info.outputs.version }}