IOS-6122: Add publish_release workflow

.github/workflows/publish_release.yml

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+name: GitHub Actions Demo
+on: 
+  push:
+    branches:
+      # - 'main'  # TODO: Uncomment
+      - 'feature/IOS-6122_build_scripts' # TODO: remove
+      - 'test/IOS-6122_build_scripts' # TODO: remove
+
+jobs:
+  create_tag_and_release:
+    name: Create tag and release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    concurrency:
+      group: ${{ github.ref }}_create_tag_and_release
+      cancel-in-progress: true
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Extract tag name from the commit message
+        id: extract_tag_name
+        env:
+          LATEST_COMMIT_MESSAGE: ${{ github.event.head_commit.message }}
+        outputs:
+          release_tag_name: ${{ env.RELEASE_TAG_NAME }}
+        run:
+          # Extract the very last part of the commit message (in parentheses)
+          RELEASE_TAG_NAME = ${LATEST_COMMIT_MESSAGE} | awk -F'[()]' '{print $(NF-1)}' | sed 's/[()]//g'
+          # Check if the string is empty
+          if [ -z "${RELEASE_TAG_NAME}" ]; then
+            echo "Can't extract release tag name from the commit message '${LATEST_COMMIT_MESSAGE}'"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          # Pass extracted tag name back to the GH actions pipeline
+          echo "RELEASE_TAG_NAME=${RELEASE_TAG_NAME}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Create tag and release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@69320dbe05506a9a39fc8ae11030b214ec2d1f87  # v2.0.5
+        with:
+          tag_name: ${{ steps.extract_tag_name.outputs.release_tag_name }}
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          generate_release_notes: true
+          make_latest: true
+          target_commitish: 'test/IOS-6122_build_scripts' # TODO: remove since the default branch ('main') should be used as a target