chore: improve release and pre-release CI (#1075)

* chore: improve release and pre-release CI

* chore: apply requested changes

* Update .github/workflows/pre-release.yml

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* chore: apply requested changes

* chore: apply requested changes

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Co-authored-by: coderabbitai[bot] <136622811+coderabbitai[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>

.github/workflows/pre-release.yml

@@ -2,16 +2,24 @@ name: Pre-Release (RC)
 
 on:
   workflow_dispatch: # Allows manual triggering from GitHub UI/API
+    inputs:
+      branch:
+        description: 'Branch to create pre-release from (e.g., next, develop)'
+        required: false
+        default: 'next'
+        type: string
 
-concurrency: pre-release-${{ github.ref }}
-
+concurrency: pre-release-${{ github.ref_name }}
 jobs:
   rc:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    # Only allow pre-releases on non-main branches
+    if: github.ref != 'refs/heads/main' && inputs.branch != 'main'
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
+          ref: ${{ inputs.branch || github.ref }}
 
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
@@ -58,5 +66,5 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions-js/push@master
         with:
           github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          branch: ${{ github.ref }}
+          branch: ${{ inputs.branch || github.ref_name }}
           message: "chore: rc version bump"