Feature: create github release on tag push

.github/workflows/release.yml

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+name: Create a release from tag
+
+permissions: {}
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - '*'
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: Build and store python artifacts
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/uv-setup/
+
+      - name: Build
+        run: uv build
+
+      - name: Store python distribution artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: artifacts
+          path: dist/
+
+  release:
+    permissions:
+      contents: write # allow creating a release
+
+    name: "Create and package a release"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [build]
+    steps:
+      - name: Retrieve distribution artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: artifacts
+          path: dist/
+
+      - name: Create release ${{ github.ref_name }}
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          gh release create ${GITHUB_REF_NAME} --repo ${{ github.repository }} --generate-notes dist/*
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

.gitignore

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 __pycache__
+
+# Distribution / packaging
+dist/
+*.egg-info/