Each release line is owned by its branch (release/5.1 cuts 5.1.x, pulse/v6-release
cuts v6). Replace the main-only branch check with a detached-HEAD guard and pass
--ref "${CURRENT_BRANCH}" to the create-release.yml dispatch so the workflow
runs against the releasing branch.
- Replace unreliable git fetch --dry-run check
- Use git rev-parse to compare local and remote commits
- Prevents false warnings about diverged branches
- Check VERSION file matches before triggering workflow
- Validate working directory is clean
- Confirm on main branch and up to date
- Load release notes from /tmp/release_notes_X.Y.Z.md
- Prevents wasting CI time on misconfigured releases
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