HACKING: add steps for creating a GH release as well

we do that since v2.20, so make sure it's written down
msys2 · Dec 8, 2024 · e3fe20f · e3fe20f
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@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ git push origin +v2
 # Fetch the new changed major version tag
 cd ..
 git fetch origin --tags --force
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+# Create a new GH release named "v2.x.x" from the release tag
+# https://github.com/msys2/setup-msys2/releases/new?tag=v2.x.x
+# Copy over the changelog entry to the GH release and set as latest release
 ```
 
 > NOTE: tag `tag-for-git-describe` is used for testing `git describe --dirty --tags` in CI. See [actions/checkout#250](https://github.com/actions/checkout/issues/250).