Create release.yml

.github/workflows/release.yml

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+name: deploy-to-maven-central
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch
+jobs:
+  release:
+    name: Release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Setup Java 21
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4 # Does also set up Maven and GPG
+        with:
+          distribution: 'temurin'
+          java-package: 'jdk'
+          java-version: '21'
+          check-latest: true
+          server-id: 'central' # must match the serverId configured for the nexus-staging-maven-plugin
+          server-username: CENTRAL_USERNAME # Env var that holds your central user name
+          server-password: CENTRAL_TOKEN # Env var that holds your central user token
+          gpg-private-key: ${{ secrets.GPG_PRIVATE_KEY }} # Substituted with the value stored in the referenced secret
+          gpg-passphrase: SIGN_KEY_PASS # Env var that holds the key's passphrase
+          cache: 'maven'
+      - name: Build & Deploy
+        run: |
+          # -U force updates just to make sure we are using latest dependencies
+          # -B Batch mode (do not ask for user input), just in case
+          # -P activate profile
+          mvn -U -B clean deploy -P release
+        env:
+          SIGN_KEY_PASS: ${{ secrets.GPG_KEY_PASSPHRASE }}
+          CENTRAL_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.CENTRAL_USERNAME }}
+          CENTRAL_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CENTRAL_TOKEN }}