chore: automated releases based on conventional commits

.github/workflows/release.yml

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+name: Automated release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ main ]
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Release a new version 🚀
+        uses: google-github-actions/release-please-action@v3
+        id: release
+        with:
+          release-type: node
+          package-name: uk-export-finance/mdm-api
+          changelog-types: '[
+              { "type": "feat", "section": "Features", "hidden": false},
+              { "type": "fix", "section": "Bug Fixes", "hidden": false},
+              { "type": "chore", "section": "Miscellaneous", "hidden": false},
+              { "type": "docs", "section": "Documentation", "hidden": false}
+            ]'
+          extra-files: |
+            README.md
+            CHANGELOG.md

README.md

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 - [x] Swagger based documentation
 - [x] Config based on ENV variables
 - [x] Automated API versioning `(/v1)`
-- [ ] Automated releases based on conventional commits
-- [ ] Automated version bumps based on commit messages
+- [x] Automated releases based on conventional commits
+- [x] Automated version bumps based on commit messages
 - [ ] Configuration for Jest tests
 - [ ] Alias paths
 - [ ] CodeCov to analyse the test coverage