ci: add gh action for release tagging and versioning

.github/workflows/release-please.yml

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+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
+name: Prepare release
+
+jobs:
+  release-please:
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: [ubuntu-22.04]
+
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: google-github-actions/release-please-action@v4
+        with:
+          token: ${{secrets.RELEASE_PLEASE_PAT}}
+          # this is a built-in strategy in release-please, see "Action Inputs"
+          # for more options
+          release-type: node