Create release branch

- README.md
- LICENSE.md
- .gitignore

Author: spl

.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Ignore everything first. Several things are brought over by the
+# `prepare-release.sh` script, which causes a `git` branch change, but `git`
+# won't delete from the working directory.
+/*
+
+# Don't ignore only the files and directories included in the release.
+!LICENSE.md
+!README.md
+!action.yml
+!package-lock.json
+!package.json
+!/src
+!/node_modules
+
+# Do ignore the cache.
+/node_modules/.cache

LICENSE.md

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+The MIT License (MIT)
+=====================
+
+Copyright © 2019 rhysd, 2021 TerminusDB
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
+this software and associated documentation files (the “Software”), to deal in
+the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to
+use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of
+the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so,
+subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS
+FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR
+COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER
+IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
+CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+GitHub Action for Continuous Benchmarking
+=========================================
+
+This is a release branch. It contains the minimum files needed for a release.
+See the `main` branch for the working files.