github: add major version tagging workflow and release notes generator

.github/release.yaml

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+# .github/release.yml
+
+changelog:
+  exclude:
+    labels:
+      - ignore-for-release
+    authors:
+      - octocat
+  categories:
+    - title: ✨ New Features & Enhancements
+      labels:
+        - feature
+        - enhancement
+    - title: 🛠 Breaking Changes
+      labels:
+        - breaking-change
+    - title: 🐞 Bug Fixes
+      labels:
+        - bug
+    - title: 🔖 Documentation 
+      labels:
+        - documentation
+    - title: 🪛 Other Changes
+      labels:
+        - "*"

.github/workflows/update-major-version-tag.yaml

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+name: Update Major Version Tag
+run-name: Move ${{ github.event.inputs.major_version }} to ${{ github.event.inputs.target }}
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      target:
+        description: The tag or reference to use
+        required: true
+      major_version:
+        type: choice
+        description: The major version to update
+        options:
+          - v1
+
+jobs:
+  tag:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      # Note this update workflow can also be used as a rollback a major version tag
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: Git config
+        run: |
+          git config --global user.name 'GitHub Actions'
+          git config --global user.email '[email protected]'
+      - name: Tag new target
+        run: git tag -f ${{ github.event.inputs.major_version }} ${{ github.event.inputs.target }}
+      - name: Push new tag
+        run: git push origin ${{ github.event.inputs.major_version }} --force