Chore: Synchronize release pipeline with main

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Description

Acceptance Criteria

Type of Change

• Bug fix (non-breaking change that fixes an issue)
• New feature (non-breaking change that adds functionality)
• Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to change)
• Documentation update
• Code refactoring
• Performance improvement
• Other (please specify):

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Pre-submission Checklist

• I have tested my changes thoroughly before submitting this PR
• This PR contains minimal changes necessary to address the issue/feature
• My code follows the project's coding standards and style guidelines
• I have added tests that prove my fix is effective or that my feature works
• I have added necessary documentation (if applicable)
• All new and existing tests pass
• I have searched existing PRs to ensure this change hasn't been submitted already
• I have linked any relevant issues in the description
• My commits have clear and descriptive messages

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Chores
  • Updated release workflow configuration to use GitHub reference tracking instead of input-based branching, improving consistency in the automated release process.

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Caution

Review failed

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Walkthrough

This PR replaces all references to the inputs.flavour input parameter with github.ref_name in the release workflow. Updates include job names, checkout references, and conditional expressions to use the GitHub ref name instead of workflow inputs for branching logic.

Changes

Cohort / File(s)	Summary
Workflow Migration .github/workflows/release.yml	Replaced inputs.flavour references with github.ref_name across job names, checkout steps, conditions, and branching logic; removed input-based workflow\_dispatch branching to rely on GitHub context.

Estimated code review effort

🎯 2 (Simple) | ⏱️ ~12 minutes

Possibly related PRs

• COG-3791: Chore: Release docs #2011: Modifies the same release workflow to replace inputs.flavour with github.ref_name in job names, checkout refs, and conditions.
• COG-3546: Initial release pipeline #1883: Directly modifies .github/workflows/release.yml with input-based flavour branching changes related to this ref name migration.

Suggested labels

core-team, backport_main

Suggested reviewers

• Vasilije1990
• hande-k
• dexters1

✨ Finishing touches

🧪 Generate unit tests (beta)

• Create PR with unit tests
• Post copyable unit tests in a comment
• Commit unit tests in branch chore/merge_release_pipeline

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