chore: release pipeline hardening (#73)

Signed-off-by: Christian Kreuzberger <[email protected]>

Author: christian-kreuzberger-dtx

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           echo "🚀 Creating release package now..."
           # this will generate a commit and a tag
-          npx standard-version@^9.3.1 --sign
+          npx standard-version@^9.3.1
 
           echo "::set-output name=tag-name::$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)"
 
@@ -68,10 +68,14 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           echo "Fetching previously deleted old tags..."
           git fetch origin --tags -f
-          # check out a temporary branch
-          git checkout -b patch/release-notes-$RELEASE_TAG
+          TARGET_BRANCH=patch/release-notes-$RELEASE_TAG
+          # delete existing branch just in case
+          git branch -D $TARGET_BRANCH &>/dev/null || true
+          # create new branch
+          git checkout -b $TARGET_BRANCH
+          # push changes
           echo "⚡️ Pushing changes to remote repository..."
-          git push --follow-tags --set-upstream origin patch/release-notes-$RELEASE_TAG
+          git push -f --follow-tags --set-upstream origin patch/release-notes-$RELEASE_TAG
 
 
       - name: Create GitHub Pull Request for release notes