Add workflows for validating release and releasing

.github/workflows/release.yml

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+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - release
+jobs:
+  release_version:
+    name: "Release New Version"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.11'
+      - name: Get release version
+        id: version
+        run: |
+          echo "RELEASE_VER=$(python -c \"from docs.conf import release; print(release, end='')\") >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+      - name: Bump version and push tag
+        id: tag_version
+        uses: mathieudutour/[email protected]
+        with:
+          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          custom_tag: ${{ steps.version.outputs.RELEASE_VER }}
+
+
+      - name: Create a GitHub release
+        uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
+        with:
+          tag: ${{ steps.version.outputs.RELEASE_VER }}
+          name: Release ${{ steps.version.outputs.RELEASE_VER }}
+          body: ${{ steps.tag_version.outputs.changelog }}
+
+

.github/workflows/validate-release.yml

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+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - release
+jobs:
+  check_version:
+    name: "Check Version"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.11'
+      - name: Get PR version
+        run: |
+          git checkout -b ${{ github.head_ref }} origin/${{ github.head_ref }}
+          echo "SOURCE_VER=$(python -c \"from docs.conf import release; print(release, end='')\") >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+      - name: Get Release branch version
+        run: |
+          git checkout -b ${{ github.base_ref }} origin/${{ github.base_ref }}
+          echo "TARGET_VER=$(python -c \"from docs.conf import release; print(release, end='')\") >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+      - name: Is this a new version?
+        run: |
+          if ($SOURCE_VER == $TARGET_VER) exit 1;