Add GitHub Actions for new releases (#2)

This commit introduces a workflow for handling new releases. It triggers when a release with tag v*.*.* is published. The workflow entails updating the version in package.json, creating a pull request for the version update, and finally publishing the packagei on the registry.

Also, improves .gitignore by ignoring .idea files and modifies the description of the package in package.json.

.github/workflows/new_release.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+name: New Release
+
+env:
+  REGISTRY: ghcr.io
+
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [ published ]
+    # Trigger only when a release with tag v*.*.* is published
+    tags:
+      - 'v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+'
+
+jobs:
+  update-version:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Update version in package.json
+        run: |
+          CURRENT_TAG=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}
+          echo "Current tag: $CURRENT_TAG"
+          VERSION="${CURRENT_TAG#v}"
+          echo "Updating version to: $VERSION"
+          jq ".version = \"$VERSION\"" package.json > package.json.tmp
+          mv package.json.tmp package.json
+      - name: Create Pull Request
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v4
+        with:
+          title: Update package.json version
+          branch: update-version
+          commit-message: Update package.json version
+          body: Update the version of `package.json` as part of release process
+          delete-branch: true
+          base: main
+  publish:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: update-version
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Setup Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          node-version: '16.x'
+
+      - name: Update version in package.json
+        run: |
+          CURRENT_TAG=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}
+          echo "Current tag: $CURRENT_TAG"
+          VERSION="${CURRENT_TAG#v}"
+          echo "Updating version to: $VERSION"
+          jq ".version = \"$VERSION\"" package.json > package.json.tmp
+          mv package.json.tmp package.json
+
+      - name: Install Dependencies
+        run: npm ci
+
+      - name: Publish Package
+        run: |
+          echo "//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}" > ~/.npmrc
+          npm publish --access=public
+        env:
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}

.gitignore

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 *.swp
 node_modules/
 config.mk
+.idea

package.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@amrc-factoryplus/sparkplug-app",
   "version": "0.0.1",
-  "description": "Sparkplug Application functionality.",
+  "description": "A Javascript library providing Sparkplug Application functionality",
   "main": "lib/index.js",
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {