Releasing

1. In the top-level gradle.properties file, update the VERSION_NAME property. This will usually just be removing the -SNAPSHOT suffix.
2. Commit and push changes.
3. Tag the release: git tag v[VERSION_NAME]. Make sure there is a v prefix at the front of the tag. This indicates to the CI that this is a release tag.
4. Push tags: git push --tags
5. Confirm that the publish github action is completed successfully.
6. Add a new GitHub release with change logs.
7. Prepare the version for the next release by bumping the VERSION_NAME property and adding the -SNAPSHOT suffix.
8. Additionally update the version names in README.md.