ci: automate releases

.github/workflows/docker.yml

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Set up Docker Buildx
         uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v2

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+---
+name: Release
+on:  # yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - 'v*'
+
+jobs:
+  create-release:
+    name: Create Release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+      pull-requests: write
+      repository-projects: write
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Create Release
+        uses: actions/create-release@v1
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          tag_name: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+          release_name: Release ${{ github.ref_name }}
+          body: |
+            - Commit: ${{ github.sha }}
+          draft: false
+          prerelease: false

README.md

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
     - [How to Run](#251-how-to-run)
   - [2.6. Sanitizers](#26-sanitizers)
   - [2.7. Coverage](#27-coverage)
+- [3. Releases](#3-releases)
 
 ## 1. Development Environment
 
@@ -334,3 +335,19 @@ For a reference implementation, see the test setup in `//examples:unit_test`. Th
 #### 2.7.3. ToDo - Baseline
 
 A baseline mechanism for coverage is not yet implemented but will be added in the future.
+
+## 3. Releases
+
+A new release is automatically created for every push to a tag that matches the pattern `v*`."
+
+To create a tag use the command:
+
+```bash
+git tag v<release version>
+```
+
+After creating the tag locally, push it to the remote repo.
+
+```bash
+git push origin v<release version>
+```