v6: CD: create release workflow

Author: pankajvaghela

.github/workflows/release.yml

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+name: "CD: Release version on tag push"
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - "v*" # Triggers only on tags starting with 'v' (e.g. v1.0.0, v2.1.3)
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write # Required to create the GitHub Release
+
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        # "node_js: - stable" logic (Node 24 is current LTS/stable)
+        node-version: [24.x]
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
+          cache: "yarn" # Automatic caching for Yarn
+          registry-url: "https://registry.npmjs.org"
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        # --frozen-lockfile ensures yarn.lock is respected exactly
+        run: yarn install --frozen-lockfile
+
+      - name: Build
+        # Ensure you build your project before publishing!
+        run: yarn build
+        # If you don't have a build script, you can remove this step.
+
+      - name: Publish to NPM
+        run: npm publish --provenance --access public
+
+      - name: Create GitHub Release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        with:
+          # Uses the tag name for the release title
+          name: Release ${{ github.ref_name }}
+          generate_release_notes: true
+          draft: true
+          prerelease: false
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "sequelize-guard",
-  "version": "6.0.1",
+  "version": "6.0.1-dev.1",
   "description": "An Authorization Library for Sequelize",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",