workflow.yml temp release update

Author: Basudev Bharat Bhushan

.github/workflows/workflow.yml

@@ -1,67 +1,73 @@
-name: Upload Python Package
+name: Python Package Release
 
 on:
   push:
     branches:
       - master
+      - main
 
 permissions:
   contents: write
-  id-token: write
-  actions: write
   packages: write
+  id-token: write
+  pull-requests: write
 
 jobs:
-  release:
+  prepare-release:
+    if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout master branch
+      - name: Checkout master
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          ref: master
-          fetch-depth: 0
 
-      - name: Create and push to main
+      - name: Create release branch
         run: |
-          git checkout -b main
-          git push origin main
+          git checkout -b release-main
+          git push origin release-main
+
+      - name: Raise PR to main
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v5
+        with:
+          base: main
+          head: release-main
+          title: "Release PR: release-main → main"
+          body: "Auto-generated release PR for version bump"
+          branch: pr-release-main
 
-      - name: Checkout release branch
-        run: git checkout main
+  publish-release:
+    if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout main
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v3
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
           python-version: "3.x"
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
-          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install --upgrade pip
           pip install build twine python-semantic-release setuptools-scm
 
-      - name: Run semantic-release
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Configure Git
         run: |
           git config user.name github-actions
           git config user.email github-actions@github.com
-          semantic-release version
-          semantic-release publish
+
+      - name: Run semantic-release publish
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: semantic-release publish
 
       - name: Build package
         run: python -m build
 
-      - name: Publish package to PyPI
+      - name: Upload to PyPI
         env:
           TWINE_USERNAME: __token__
           TWINE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.PYPI_API_TOKEN }}
         run: twine upload dist/*
-
-      - name: Raise PR from main to master
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v5
-        with:
-          base: master
-          head: main
-          title: "Release PR: main -> master"
-          body: "This PR merges the changes from the main branch back into master after the release."
-          branch: pr-main-to-master