add dummy release.json for managing GitHub releases via CI

Author: endel

.github/workflows/release.yml

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+name: Build, Release & Publish
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: Checkout & Build
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout code
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      #
+      # ADD TEST/BUILD STEPS HERE
+      #
+
+  release:
+    name: Check version & Create release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: build
+    outputs:
+      released: ${{ steps.check.outputs.version }} # expose release.outputs.released for the "publish" job
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout code
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: EndBug/version-check@v2
+      id: check
+      with:
+        file-name: release.json
+        diff-search: true
+    - name: Create Release
+      if: steps.check.outputs.changed
+      uses: actions/create-release@v1
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      with:
+        tag_name: ${{ steps.check.outputs.version }}
+        release_name: ${{ steps.check.outputs.version }}
+        draft: false
+        prerelease: false

release.json

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+{
+    "version": "0.17.0"
+}