Prepare for the v0.1.0 release

Signed-off-by: Sahas Subramanian <sahas.subramanian@proton.me>

Author: shsms

.github/RELEASE_NOTES.template.md

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+# frequenz-microgrid-rs Release Notes
+
+## Summary
+
+<!-- Here goes a general summary of what this release is about -->
+
+## Upgrading
+
+<!-- Here goes notes on how to upgrade from previous versions, including deprecations and what they should be replaced with -->
+
+## New Features
+
+<!-- Here goes the main new features and examples or instructions on how to use them -->
+
+## Bug Fixes
+
+<!-- Here goes notable bug fixes that are worth a special mention or explanation -->

CONTRIBUTING.md

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+# Contributing to frequenz-microgrid-rs
+
+## Releasing
+
+These are the steps to create a new release:
+
+1. Get the latest head you want to create a release from.
+
+2. Update the version in `Cargo.toml` to the new version.  Without this,
+   the new release will be rejected by `crates.io`.
+
+   Along with this, update the `RELEASE_NOTES.md` file if it is not
+   complete, up to date, and remove template comments (`<!-- ... ->`)
+   and empty sections.
+
+   Submit a pull request if an update is needed, wait until it is
+   merged, and update the latest head you want to create a release
+   from to get the new merged pull request.
+
+3. Create a new signed tag using the release notes and
+   a [semver](https://semver.org/) compatible version number with a `v` prefix,
+   for example:
+
+   ```sh
+   git tag -s --cleanup=whitespace -F RELEASE_NOTES.md v0.0.1
+   ```
+
+4. Push the new tag.
+
+5. A GitHub action will test the tag and if all goes well it will create
+   a [GitHub
+   Release](https://github.com/frequenz-floss/frequenz-microgrid-rs/releases),
+   and upload a new package to
+   [crates.io](https://crates.io/crates/frequenz-microgrid-rs)
+   automatically.
+
+6. Once this is done, reset the `RELEASE_NOTES.md` with the template:
+
+   ```sh
+   cp .github/RELEASE_NOTES.template.md RELEASE_NOTES.md
+   ```
+
+   Commit the new release notes and create a PR (this step should be automated
+   eventually too).
+
+7. Celebrate!

README.md

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 # frequenz-microgrid-rs
-High-level interface for Rust to the Frequenz Microgrid API
+
+[<img alt="docs.rs" src="https://img.shields.io/docsrs/frequenz-microgrid-rs">](https://docs.rs/frequenz-microgrid-rs)
+[<img alt="Crates.io" src="https://img.shields.io/crates/v/frequenz-microgrid-rs">](https://crates.io/crates/frequenz-microgrid-rs)
+
+High-level interface for Rust to the Frequenz Microgrid API.
+
+## Documentation
+
+For more information, please visit the [documentation
+website](https://docs.rs/frequenz-microgrid-rs).
+
+## Contributing
+
+If you want to know how to build this project and contribute to it, please
+check out the [Contributing Guide](CONTRIBUTING.md).

RELEASE_NOTES.md

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+# frequenz-microgrid-rs Release Notes
+
+## Summary
+
+This is the first release of `frequenz-microgrid-rs`.