Add a GitHub action for the release.

Author: yruslan

.github/workflows/release.yml

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+name: Release
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+  # temporary
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ main ]
+
+jobs:
+  release-sbt:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    name: Release Scala Artifacts
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: main
+
+      - name: Setup Scala
+        uses: olafurpg/setup-scala@v14
+        with:
+          java-version: "adopt@1.8"
+
+      - name: Import GPG Key
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          echo "${{ secrets.SONATYPE_GPG_KEY }}" > gpg-secret-key.asc
+          gpg --import --batch gpg-secret-key.asc && rm -rf gpg-secret-key.asc
+          git config --global user.email "absa_ci_cd_bot@absa.africa"
+          git config --global user.name "CI/CD bot"
+
+      - name: Setup SonaType config
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p ~/.sbt/1.0
+          echo "${{ secrets.SONATYPE_CONFIG }}" | base64 --decode > ~/.sbt/1.0/sonatype.sbt
+
+      - name: Run the release plugin
+        working-directory: ./pramen
+        run: |
+          export GPG_TTY=$(tty)
+          sbt releaseNow
+
+      - name: Create Pull Request
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v3
+        with:
+          commit-message: "Release version ${{ steps.release.outputs.version }}"
+          branch: release/${{ steps.release.outputs.version }}
+          title: "Release version ${{ steps.release.outputs.version }}"
+          body: "Automated release created by GitHub Action."
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}