feat: create release gh action

.github/workflows/release.yml

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+name: Release
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+jobs:
+  changelog:
+    if: github.repository == 'eddiejaoude/github-trending-repos'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      # check out the repository with all releases
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      # Create a temporary, uniquely named branch to push release info to
+      - name: create temporary branch
+        run: git branch "release-from-${{ github.sha }}" "${{ github.sha }}"
+
+      # switch to the temporary branch
+      - name: switch to new branch
+        run: git checkout release-from-${{ github.sha }}
+
+      # update app config with version
+      - name: get-npm-version
+        id: package-version
+        run: |
+          LF_VERSION=$(cat package.json | jq -r '.version')
+          echo "current-version=$LF_VERSION" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+      - name: update app config
+        run: sed -i 's/0.0.0/${{ steps.package-version.outputs.current-version}}/g' src/config/app.json
+
+      # create release info and push it upstream
+      - name: conventional Changelog Action
+        id: changelog
+        uses: TriPSs/conventional-changelog-action@v5
+        with:
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          version-file: './package.json,./package-lock.json,./src/config/app.json'
+          git-branch: 'release-from-${{ github.sha }}'
+          skip-git-pull: true
+
+      # create PR using GitHub CLI
+      - name: create PR with release info
+        if: steps.changelog.outputs.skipped == 'false'
+        id: create-pr
+        run: gh pr create --base main --head release-from-${{ github.sha }} --title 'Merge new release into main' --body 'Created by Github action'
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      # merge PR using GitHub CLI
+      - name: merge PR with release info
+        if: steps.changelog.outputs.skipped == 'false'
+        id: merge-pr
+        run: gh pr merge --admin --merge --subject 'Merge release info' --delete-branch
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      # release info is now in main so we can continue as before
+      - name: create release with last commit
+        if: steps.changelog.outputs.skipped == 'false'
+        uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.CHANGELOG_RELEASE }}
+          tag: ${{ steps.changelog.outputs.tag }}
+          name: ${{ steps.changelog.outputs.tag }}
+          body: ${{ steps.changelog.outputs.clean_changelog }}