Allow release publishing from outside main branch

Author: ml-evs

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -6,34 +6,17 @@ on:
     - published
 
 env:
-  PUBLISH_UPDATE_BRANCH: main
   GIT_USER_NAME: datalab developers
   GIT_USER_EMAIL: "dev@datalab-org.io"
 
 jobs:
 
-  release:
-    name: Release new version
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions:
-      id-token: write
-    if: github.repository == 'datalab-org/datalab-api' && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
-
-    steps:
-    - name: Checkout repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@v6
-      with:
-        submodules: true
-        fetch-depth: 0
-        ref: ${{ env.PUBLISH_UPDATE_BRANCH }}
-
   publish:
     name: "Publish on PyPI"
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       id-token: write
     if: github.repository == 'datalab-org/datalab-api' && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
-    needs: [release]
     environment:
       name: release
       url: https://pypi.org/project/datalab-api
@@ -45,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
       with:
         submodules: true
         fetch-depth: 0
-        ref: ${{ env.PUBLISH_UPDATE_BRANCH }}
+
     - name: Set up Python 3.11
       uses: actions/setup-python@v6
       with: