Add workflow to automate release process

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+name: Automated Release
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - 'v*'
+jobs:
+  test:
+    name: Run Unit Tests
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: true
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set up Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version: 1.24.0
+      - name: Display the version of go that we have installed
+        run: go version
+  release:
+    name: Release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: test
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set up Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version: 1.24.0
+      - name: Display the version of go that we have installed
+        run: go version
+      - name: Extract tag version
+        id: get_tag
+        run: echo "version=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+      - name: Create GitHub Release with Notes
+        id: create_release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        with:
+          tag_name: ${{ steps.get_tag.outputs.version }}
+          name: Release ${{ steps.get_tag.outputs.version }}
+          generate_release_notes: true
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

Makefile

@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ unittest:
 unittestwithcover:
 	$(GOFOLDERS) | xargs $(GO) test -cover $(GOTEST_FLAGS) -timeout=$(TEST_TIMEOUT) -run UnitTest$
 
+# To create a new release: `make release VERSION=v0.2.0`
+release:
+	git tag $(VERSION)
+	git push origin $(VERSION)
+
 COVER_PKGS := `find . -name '*_test.go' ! -path "./.git/*" ! -path "./Godeps/*" ! -path "./vendor/*" | xargs -I{} dirname {} | sort -u`
 coverdata:
 	echo 'mode: $(COVER_MODE)' > $(COVER_TMPFILE)