ci: add the release task

Signed-off-by: Ali Sajid Imami <[email protected]>

.github/workflows/ci.yaml

@@ -62,3 +62,32 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run tests
         run: just test
+  release:
+    needs: [lint, format, test]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+      issues: write
+      pull-requests: write
+    steps:
+      - name: Harden Runner
+        uses: step-security/harden-runner@91182cccc01eb5e619899d80e4e971d6181294a7 # v2.10.1
+        with:
+          egress-policy: audit
+
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@eef61447b9ff4aafe5dcd4e0bbf5d482be7e7871 # v4.2.1
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          persist-credentials: false
+
+      - name: Semantic Release
+        uses: cycjimmy/semantic-release-action@b1b432f13acb7768e0c8efdec416d363a57546f2 # v4.1.1
+        id: semantic
+        with:
+          semantic_version: 24.0.0
+          extra_plugins: |
+            @semantic-release/exec@6
+            @semantic-release/git@10
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}