add GH release + PyPI push GH Action config

Author: chrissimpkins

.github/workflows/publish-release.yml

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+on:
+  push:
+    # Sequence of patterns matched against refs/tags
+    tags:
+      - "v*" # Push events to matching v*, i.e. v1.0, v20.15.10
+
+name: Create and Publish Release
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: Create and Publish Release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python-version: [3.8]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install --upgrade setuptools wheel twine
+      - name: Create GitHub release
+        id: create_release
+        uses: actions/create-release@v1
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          tag_name: ${{ github.ref }}
+          release_name: ${{ github.ref }}
+          body: |
+            Please see the root of the repository for the CHANGELOG.md
+          draft: false
+          prerelease: false
+      - name: Build and publish to PyPI
+        env:
+          TWINE_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.PYPI_USERNAME }}
+          TWINE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.PYPI_PASSWORD }}
+        run: |
+          make dist-build
+          twine upload dist/*