Added maven releaseplugin and corresponding GitHub workflow

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+name: release version
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      releaseVersion:
+        description: the release version
+        required: true
+        type: String
+      developmentVersion:
+        description: the next dev iteration version
+        required: true
+        type: String
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Setup JDK
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        with:
+          distribution: 'zulu'
+          java-version: '21'
+          cache: 'maven'
+      - name: Configure Git User
+        run: |
+          git config user.email "[email protected]"
+          git config user.name "ReleaseAction[bot]"
+      - name: Release
+        run: ./mvnw -B release:clean release:prepare -DreleaseVersion=$RELEASE_VERSION -DdevelopmentVersion=$DEV_VERSION
+        env:
+          RELEASE_VERSION: ${{ github.event.inputs.releaseVersion }}
+          DEV_VERSION: ${{ github.event.inputs.developmentVersion }}

pom.xml

@@ -18,8 +18,17 @@
 	<properties>
 		<java.version>17</java.version>
 		<kotlin.version>1.9.10</kotlin.version>
+		<maven-release-plugin.version>3.0.1</maven-release-plugin.version>
+		<project.scm.url>https://github.com/envite-consulting/optimize-to-xes.git</project.scm.url>
 	</properties>
 
+	<scm>
+		<connection>scm:git:${project.scm.url}</connection>
+		<developerConnection>scm:git:${project.scm.url}</developerConnection>
+		<url>${project.scm.url}</url>
+		<tag>HEAD</tag>
+	</scm>
+
 	<distributionManagement>
 		<repository>
 			<id>github</id>
@@ -148,6 +157,16 @@
 					</dependency>
 				</dependencies>
 			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>${maven-release-plugin.version}</version>
+				<configuration>
+					<tag>v${releaseVersion}</tag>
+					<scmReleaseCommitComment>Release v${releaseVersion}</scmReleaseCommitComment>
+					<scmDevelopmentCommitComment>prepare for next development iteration</scmDevelopmentCommitComment>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
 		</plugins>
 	</build>