Add script to create draft github release (#439)

Author: chatton

dev_notes/RELEASE_NOTES.md

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-*(Please use the [release template](release-notes-template.md) as the template for this document)*
-<!-- Next release -->
 # MongoDB Kubernetes Operator 0.6.0
 ## Kubernetes Operator
 
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  ## Updated Image Tags
  * mongodb-kubernetes-operator:0.6.0
  * mongodb-agent:0.29.0.6830-1
-
-
-<!-- Past Releases -->
-# MongoDB Kubernetes Operator 0.5.2
-## Kubernetes Operator
-* Changes
-  * Readiness probe has been moved into an init container from the Agent image.
-  * Security context is now added when the `MANAGED_SECURITY_CONTEXT` environment variable is not set.
-* Bug fixes
-  * Removed unnecessary environment variable configuration in the openshift samples.
-  * Fixed an issue where the operator would perform unnecessary reconcilliations when Secrets were modified.
-  * Fixed an issue where a race condition could cause the deployment to get into a bad state when TLS
-    settings when being changed at the same time as a scaling operation was happening.
-  * Fixed an issue where the agent pod would panic when running as a non-root user.
-
-## MongoDBCommunity Resource
-* Changes
- * Added `spec.security.authentication.ignoreUnknownUsers` field. This value defaults to `true`. When enabled,
-   any MongoDB users added through external sources will not be removed.
-
-
-## Miscellaneous
-* Changes
-  * Internal code refactorings to allow libraries to be imported into other projects.
-
-
- ## Updated Image Tags
- * mongodb-kubernetes-operator:0.5.2
- * mongodb-agent:10.27.0.6772-1
- * mongodb-kubernetes-readinessprobe:1.0.1 [new image]

dev_notes/how-to-release.md

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 * Update any finished tickets in [kube-community-next](https://jira.mongodb.org/issues?jql=project%20%3D%20CLOUDP%20AND%20component%20%3D%20%22Kubernetes%20Community%22%20%20AND%20status%20in%20(Resolved%2C%20Closed)%20and%20fixVersion%3D%20kube-community-next%20%20ORDER%20BY%20resolved) to have the version of the release you're doing (kube-community-x.y)
 
-* Create github [draft release](https://github.com/mongodb/mongodb-kubernetes-operator/releases/new)
+* Prepare the release PR
+  1. Increment any image version changes.
+  2. Create a github draft release `./scripts/dev/create_github_release.sh`.
+  3. Commit changes.
+  
+* Create release PR
+  1. Reconfigure the Evergreen run to add the relevant release task(s).
 
-* Create release PR & and reconfigure the Evergreen run to add the release task
 
 * Unblock release task once everything is green
 

dev_notes/past_release_notes/v0.5.2.md

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+# MongoDB Kubernetes Operator 0.5.2
+## Kubernetes Operator
+* Changes
+  * Readiness probe has been moved into an init container from the Agent image.
+  * Security context is now added when the `MANAGED_SECURITY_CONTEXT` environment variable is not set.
+* Bug fixes
+  * Removed unnecessary environment variable configuration in the openshift samples.
+  * Fixed an issue where the operator would perform unnecessary reconcilliations when Secrets were modified.
+  * Fixed an issue where a race condition could cause the deployment to get into a bad state when TLS
+    settings when being changed at the same time as a scaling operation was happening.
+  * Fixed an issue where the agent pod would panic when running as a non-root user.
+
+## MongoDBCommunity Resource
+* Changes
+ * Added `spec.security.authentication.ignoreUnknownUsers` field. This value defaults to `true`. When enabled,
+   any MongoDB users added through external sources will not be removed.
+
+
+## Miscellaneous
+* Changes
+  * Internal code refactorings to allow libraries to be imported into other projects.
+
+
+ ## Updated Image Tags
+ * mongodb-kubernetes-operator:0.5.2
+ * mongodb-agent:10.27.0.6772-1
+ * mongodb-kubernetes-readinessprobe:1.0.1 [new image]

scripts/dev/create_github_release.sh

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+version="$(jq -r '."mongodb-kubernetes-operator"' < ./release.json)"
+gh release create v"${version}" --title "MongoDB Kubernetes Operator ${version}" --draft --notes-file ./dev_notes/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+
+# move the release notes
+cp ./dev_notes/RELEASE_NOTES.md "./dev_notes/past_release_notes/v${version}.md"