Add workflow to release from GitHub Actions

Co-Authored-By: Moritz Halbritter <moritz.halbritter@broadcom.com>

Closes gh-40407

.github/actions/build/action.yml

@@ -1,36 +1,33 @@
 name: 'Build'
+description: 'Builds the project, optionally publishing it to a local deployment repository'
 inputs:
   java-version:
     required: false
-    type: string
     default: '17'
     description: 'The Java version to compile and test with'
   java-toolchain:
     required: false
-    type: boolean
     default: false
     description: 'Whether a Java toolchain should be used'
   publish:
     required: false
-    type: boolean
     default: false
     description: 'Whether to publish artifacts ready for deployment to Artifactory'
   gradle-enterprise-secret-access-key:
     required: false
-    type: string
     description: 'The secret access key for authentication with ge.spring.io'
   gradle-enterprise-cache-user:
     required: false
-    type: string
     description: 'The username for authentication with the remote build cache'
   gradle-enterprise-cache-password:
     required: false
-    type: string
     description: 'The password for authentication with the remote build cache'
 outputs:
   build-scan-url:
+    description: 'The URL, if any, of the build scan produced by the build'
     value: ${{ (inputs.publish && steps.build-and-publish.outputs.build-scan-url) || steps.build.outputs.build-scan-url }}
   version:
+    description: 'The version that was built'
     value: ${{ steps.read-version.outputs.version }}
 runs:
   using: composite