build: add prepare and release workflows

.github/workflows/prepare-release.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+name: Prepare Release
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      version:
+        description: the version to be released. If it ends with '.0' a proper release is created, bugfix otherwise
+        required: true
+        type: string
+
+jobs:
+  Prepare-Release:
+    uses: eclipse-edc/.github/.github/workflows/technology-prepare-release.yml@main
+    secrets: inherit
+    with:
+      version: ${{ inputs.version }}

.github/workflows/publish.yaml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       version:
-        description: Semantic Version string to use for this nightly build
+        description: Semantic Version string to use for this nightly build. It should ends with `-SNAPSHOT`. If not, please take a look at the release workflow.
         required: false
   schedule:
     - cron: "0 3 * * *" # run at 03:00 UTC
@@ -58,50 +58,14 @@ jobs:
     needs: [ Secrets-Presence, Run-Tests, Determine-Version ]
     if: |
       needs.Secrets-Presence.outputs.HAS_OSSRH
-
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - uses: eclipse-edc/.github/.github/actions/setup-build@main
-
-      # Import GPG Key
-      - uses: eclipse-edc/.github/.github/actions/import-gpg-key@main
-        if: |
-          needs.Secrets-Presence.outputs.HAS_OSSRH
-        name: "Import GPG Key"
+      - uses: eclipse-edc/.github/.github/actions/publish-maven-artifacts@main
         with:
+          version: ${{ needs.Determine-Version.outputs.VERSION }}
           gpg-private-key: ${{ secrets.ORG_GPG_PRIVATE_KEY }}
-
-      - name: Set correct version
-        env:
-          VERSION: ${{ needs.Determine-Version.outputs.VERSION }}
-        run: |
-          existingVersion=$(grep "version" gradle.properties  | awk -F= '{print $2}') 
-          grep -rlz "$existingVersion" . --exclude=\*.{sh,bin} | xargs sed -i "s/$existingVersion/$VERSION/g"
-
-      - name: "Publish To OSSRH/MavenCentral"
-        if: |
-          needs.Secrets-Presence.outputs.HAS_OSSRH
-        env:
-          OSSRH_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.ORG_OSSRH_PASSWORD }}
-          OSSRH_USER: ${{ secrets.ORG_OSSRH_USERNAME }}
-          VERSION: ${{ needs.Determine-Version.outputs.VERSION }}
-        run: |-
-          cmd=""
-          if [[ $VERSION != *-SNAPSHOT ]]
-          then
-            cmd="closeAndReleaseSonatypeStagingRepository";
-          fi
-          echo "Publishing Version $VERSION to Sonatype"
-          ./gradlew publishToSonatype ${cmd} --no-parallel -Pversion=$VERSION -Psigning.gnupg.executable=gpg -Psigning.gnupg.passphrase="${{ secrets.ORG_GPG_PASSPHRASE }}"
-
-
-  # If we have a release version, also invoke the GH release job, bump versions, etc.
-  Create-GitHub-Release:
-    needs: [ Publish-Artefacts, Determine-Version ]
-    if: ${{ !endsWith(needs.Determine-Version.outputs.VERSION, '-SNAPSHOT') }}
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/release-tech-aws.yml
-    with:
-      edc_version: ${{ needs.Determine-Version.outputs.VERSION }}
+          gpg-passphrase: ${{ secrets.ORG_GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
+          osshr-username: ${{ secrets.ORG_OSSRH_USERNAME }}
+          osshr-password: ${{ secrets.ORG_OSSRH_PASSWORD }}
 
   Post-To-Discord:
     needs: [ Publish-Artefacts, Determine-Version, Secrets-Presence ]
@@ -116,4 +80,4 @@ jobs:
           status: ${{ needs.Publish-Components.result == 'skipped' && 'Failure' || needs.Publish-Artefacts.result }}
           title: "Release Build Technology AWS"
           description: "Build and publish ${{ needs.Determine-Version.outputs.VERSION }}"
-          username: GitHub Actions
+          username: GitHub Actions

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+name: Release
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+
+jobs:
+  Release:
+    uses: eclipse-edc/.github/.github/workflows/technology-release.yml@main
+    secrets: inherit