Automate github tag and release

.github/workflows/release.yml

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+name: release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ main ]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: [ ubuntu-latest ]
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Bump version
+        id: version
+        uses: paulhatch/[email protected]
+
+      - name: Create GitHub tag and release
+        uses: softprops/[email protected]
+        with:
+          tag_name: ${{ steps.version.outputs.version_tag }}
+          generate_release_notes: true

README.md

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 [![build](https://github.com/will-molloy/java-gradle-template/workflows/build/badge.svg?branch=main&event=push)](https://github.com/will-molloy/java-gradle-template/actions?query=workflow%3Abuild)
 [![integration-test](https://github.com/will-molloy/java-gradle-template/workflows/integration-test/badge.svg?branch=main&event=push)](https://github.com/will-molloy/java-gradle-template/actions?query=workflow%3Aintegration-test)
+[![release](https://github.com/will-molloy/java-gradle-template/workflows/release/badge.svg?branch=main&event=push)](https://github.com/will-molloy/java-gradle-template/actions?query=workflow%3Arelease)
 [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/will-molloy/java-gradle-template/branch/main/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/will-molloy/java-gradle-template)
 
 template repository for Java projects using Gradle