#4 17 - Set up workflows for automatic repository release

- Introduced workflow for release notes presence in PR body.
- Introduced workflow for release draft creation.

.github/workflows/check_pr_release_notes.yml

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+name: Check PR Release Notes in Description
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened, edited, labeled, unlabeled]
+    branches: [ master ]
+
+jobs:
+  check-release-notes:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/[email protected]
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.11'
+
+      - name: Check presence of release notes in PR description
+        uses: AbsaOSS/[email protected]
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          github-repository: ${{ github.repository }}
+          pr-number: ${{ github.event.number }}

.github/workflows/release_draft.yml

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+name: Release - create draft release
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      tag-name:
+        description: 'Name of git tag to be created, and then draft release created. Syntax: "v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+".'
+        required: true
+      from-tag-name:
+        description: 'Name of the git tag from which to detect changes from. Default value: latest tag. Syntax: "v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+".'
+        required: false
+
+jobs:
+  release-draft:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          persist-credentials: false
+
+      - uses: actions/[email protected]
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.11'
+
+      - name: Check format of received tag
+        id: check-version-tag
+        uses: AbsaOSS/[email protected]
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+            github-repository: ${{ github.repository }}
+            version-tag: ${{ github.event.inputs.tag-name }}
+
+      - name: Check format of received from tag
+        if: ${{ github.event.inputs.from-tag-name }}
+        id: check-version-from-tag
+        uses: AbsaOSS/[email protected]
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          github-repository: ${{ github.repository }}
+          version-tag: ${{ github.event.inputs.from-tag-name }}
+          should-exist: true
+
+      - name: Generate Release Notes
+        id: generate_release_notes
+        uses: AbsaOSS/[email protected]
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          tag-name: ${{ github.event.inputs.tag-name }}
+          from-tag-name: ${{ github.event.inputs.from-tag-name }}
+          chapters: |
+            - { title: No entry 🚫, label: duplicate }
+            - { title: Breaking Changes 💥, label: breaking-change }
+            - { title: New Features 🎉, label: enhancement }
+            - { title: New Features 🎉, label: feature }
+            - { title: Bugfixes 🛠, label: bug }
+            - { title: Infrastructure ⚙️, label: infrastructure }
+            - { title: Silent-live 🤫, label: silent-live }
+            - { title: Documentation 📜, label: documentation }
+          warnings: true
+
+      - name: Create and Push Tag
+        uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        with:
+          script: |
+            const tag = core.getInput('tag-name')
+            const ref = `refs/tags/${tag}`;
+            const sha = context.sha; // The SHA of the commit to tag
+
+            await github.rest.git.createRef({
+              owner: context.repo.owner,
+              repo: context.repo.repo,
+              ref: ref,
+              sha: sha
+            });
+
+            console.log(`Tag created: ${tag}`);
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          tag-name: ${{ github.event.inputs.tag-name }}
+
+      - name: Create Draft Release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          name: ${{ github.event.inputs.tag-name }}
+          body: ${{ steps.generate_release_notes.outputs.release-notes }}
+          tag_name: ${{ github.event.inputs.tag-name }}
+          draft: true
+          prerelease: false