add release pipeline

.github/workflows/release.yml

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+name: Manual NPM Publish
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      releaseType:
+        description: "Release type - major, minor or patch"
+        required: true
+        type: choice
+        default: "patch"
+        options:
+          - patch
+          - minor
+          - major
+      distTag:
+        description: 'NPM tag (e.g. use "next" to release a test version)'
+        required: true
+        default: 'latest'
+      preRelease:
+        description: If latest release was a pre-release (e.g. X.X.X-alpha.0) and you want to push another one, pick "yes"
+        required: true
+        type: choice
+        default: "no"
+        options:
+          - "yes"
+          - "no"
+
+env:
+  NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          ref: 'main'
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v1
+        with:
+          node-version: 18.x
+      - name: NPM Setup
+        run: |
+          npm set registry "https://registry.npmjs.org/"
+          npm set //registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken $NPM_TOKEN
+          npm whoami
+      - name: Git Setup
+        run: |
+          git config --global user.email "[email protected]"
+          git config --global user.name "WebdriverIO Release Bot"
+      - name: Release
+        run: npx release-it ${{github.event.inputs.releaseType}} --github.release --ci --npm.skipChecks --no-git.requireCleanWorkingDir --npm.tag=${{github.event.inputs.distTag}}
+        env:
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        if: ${{ github.event.inputs.preRelease == 'no' }}
+      - name: Pre-Release
+        run: npx release-it ${{github.event.inputs.releaseType}} --github.release --ci --npm.skipChecks --no-git.requireCleanWorkingDir --preRelease=alpha --github.preRelease --npm.tag=next
+        env:
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        if: ${{ github.event.inputs.preRelease == 'yes' }}