chore: add manual release option (#1194)

Author: patrickarlt

.github/workflows/manual-release.yml

@@ -49,10 +49,22 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          # This parameter is required to make sure sematic-relase exactly use the provided GitHub Token
+          # See https://semantic-release.gitbook.io/semantic-release/recipes/ci-configurations/github-actions#pushing-package.json-changes-to-your-repository
+          persist-credentials: false
+
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: 18
 
+      - name: Configure npm
+        run: |
+          echo '//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=${NPM_TOKEN}' > .npmrc
+          cat .npmrc
+        env:
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+
       - name: Install
         run: npm ci
 
@@ -61,6 +73,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Release
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          # GH_TOKEN is maintained in the repository secrets. See RELEASE.md for more information.
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
           NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
-        run: npm run release:dry
+        run: npm run release