publish workflow with release creation

Author: franciscbalint

.github/workflows/publish.yml

@@ -59,3 +59,26 @@ jobs:
           MAVEN_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.CENTRAL_TOKEN_USERNAME }}
           MAVEN_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.CENTRAL_TOKEN_PASSWORD }}
           MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.SIGNING_PASSWORD }}
+
+  release:
+    name: Create GitHub Release
+    needs: [publish]
+    if: ${{ !cancelled() && !failure() }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.tag }}
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Create Release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        with:
+          tag_name: ${{ github.event.inputs.tag }}
+          name: ${{ github.event.inputs.tag }}
+          generate_release_notes: true
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}