Add GitHub Actions workflow for automated version tagging and release

Author: jwaspin

.github/workflows/create-release.yml

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+name: Tag & Release Version
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+
+jobs:
+  create-release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Use Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          node-version: '20'
+
+      - name: Create Tag
+        id: create_tag
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          # Read version from version.json
+          version=$(node -p "require('./version.json').version")
+          version_tag="v$version"
+          echo "Version from version.json: $version_tag"
+          echo "version=$version_tag" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          git tag $version_tag
+          git push origin $version_tag
+
+      - name: Create GitHub Release
+        uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
+        with:
+          tag: ${{ steps.create_tag.outputs.version }}
+          name: Release ${{ steps.create_tag.outputs.version }}
+          body: Automated release for version ${{ steps.create_tag.outputs.version }}.
+          draft: false
+          prerelease: false
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

version.json

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+{
+  "version": "2.21.0"
+}