Created Release Procedure (markdown)

Release-Procedure.md

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+1. Change project `version` by removing SNAPSHOT
+   * Edit `build.gradle.kts` and **commit locally** with relevant version message
+1. Generate clean tested release build
+   * `./gradlew -Prelease=true clean build`
+1. Publish signed artifacts to Maven Central Staging
+   * `./gradlew -Prelease=true publish`
+1. Verify artifacts & release to Maven Central
+1. Generate GitHub release **draft**
+   * `./gradlew -Prelease=true githubRelease`
+   * NOTE: This downloads the artifacts from Maven Central to ensure exact artifacts are used. Ensure the release process is finished before execution (usually only takes a couple minutes). 
+   * Verify artifacts in GitHub are correct.
+1. Publish documentation to Github Pages
+   * `./gradlew -Prelease=true documentation:gitPublishPush`
+1. Increment project `version` to **next** SNAPSHOT
+   * Edit `build.gradle.kts` and **commit locally** with relevant version message
+1. Push versioning commits to origin
+   * `git push`
+1. Finalize GitHub release
+   * From "recent commits" ensure the release commit is selected
+
+🎉Done🎉