CI: Add GitHub actions release and build pipelines

Author: kadamwhite

.github/workflows/build-to-release-branch.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+name: Build to "release" branch
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - gh-build
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref_name }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    name: "Update release branch"
+    uses: humanmade/hm-github-actions/.github/workflows/build-and-release-node.yml@04c32a93e52ae987095f144105745a501d6207c8 # v0.2.0
+    with:
+      node_version: 24
+      source_branch: main
+      release_branch: release
+      built_asset_paths: blocks/build

.github/workflows/tag-and-release.yml

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+name: Tag and Release
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      version:
+        description: 'Version tag (e.g., v1.0.0)'
+        required: true
+      target_branch:
+        description: 'Branch to tag (e.g., release)'
+        default: release
+        required: true
+
+jobs:
+  tag_and_release:
+    name: Tag and Release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
+
+      - name: Check if tag already exists
+        id: check_tag
+        run: |
+          if git rev-parse "refs/tags/${{ github.event.inputs.version }}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            echo "Tag already exists"
+            echo "tag_exists=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          fi
+
+      - name: Abort if tag exists
+        if: steps.check_tag.outputs.tag_exists == 'true'
+        run: exit 1
+
+      - name: Create and push tag
+        run: |
+          git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+          git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+          git fetch origin ${{ github.event.inputs.target_branch }}
+          git checkout ${{ github.event.inputs.target_branch }}
+          git tag ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
+          git push origin ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
+
+      - name: Create GitHub Release
+        uses: ncipollo/release-action@b7eabc95ff50cbeeedec83973935c8f306dfcd0b # v1.20.0
+        with:
+          tag: ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
+          name: ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
+          body: "Automated release of version ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}"
+          draft: false
+          prerelease: false
+          generateReleaseNotes: true
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

README.md

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 3. Activate the plugin in WordPress
 
 ### For Production
-1. Download from the `dist` branch or release
+1. Download a [release bundle](https://github.com/humanmade/hm-modal-block/releases) or clone the `release` branch
 2. Upload to `/wp-content/plugins/hm-modal-block/`
 3. Activate the plugin in WordPress
 
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ This plugin provides a modal component with two blocks:
 
 ## Development
 
+If you have [nvm](https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm) installed you can run `nvm use` in the repository root to activate the correct version of Node.
+
 ### Setup
 ```bash
 npm install
@@ -60,7 +62,7 @@ npm start
 
 - WordPress 5.8+
 - PHP 7.4+
-- Node.js 20.10+
+- Node.js 24+
 
 ## License