add release action

Author: jGaboardi

.github/release.yml

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+changelog:
+  exclude:
+    labels:
+      - ignore-for-release
+    authors:
+      - dependabot
+  categories:
+    - title: Bug Fixes
+      labels:
+        - bug
+    - title: Enhancements
+      labels:
+        - enhancement
+    - title: Other Changes
+      labels:
+        - "*"

.github/workflows/release_and_publish.yml

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+name: Release Package
+
+on:
+  push:
+    # Sequence of patterns matched against refs/tags
+    tags:
+      - 'v*' # Push events to matching v*, i.e. v1.0, v20.15.10
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      version:
+        description: Manual Release
+        default: test
+        required: false
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+
+    - name: Checkout repo
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    
+    - name: Set up Python
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      with:
+        python-version: '3.x'
+    
+    - name: Install Dependencies
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip build twine
+        python -m build
+        twine check --strict dist/*
+    
+    - name: Create Release Notes
+      uses: actions/github-script@v6
+      with:
+        github-token: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
+        script: |
+          await github.request(`POST /repos/${{ github.repository }}/releases`, {
+              tag_name: "${{ github.ref }}",
+              generate_release_notes: true
+          });
+   
+    - name: Publish distribution 📦 to PyPI
+      uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
+      with:
+        user: __token__
+        password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_PASSWORD }}