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As a project maintainer trying to release a new version I want to simplify and automate the release process

Currently image-updater project release is done manually with a script. We should be able to automate it using mechanisms like github actions.  For reference, see argo-cd project releasing docs: argo-cd/docs/developer-guide/releasing.md

upstream issue: Automate the release process with github actions workflow · Issue #734 · argoproj-labs/argocd-image-updater

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Acceptance Criteria (Mandatory)

• the release process is automated
• the new automated release process should support all the steps as in the current script.
• communicate with the argocd-image-updater community about the automated release process

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• Code is completed, reviewed, documented and checked in
• Unit and integration test automation have been delivered and running cleanly in continuous integration/staging/canary environment
• Continuous Delivery pipeline(s) is able to proceed with new code included
• Customer facing documentation, API docs etc. are produced/updated, reviewed and published
• Acceptance criteria are met