chore: enable manual trigger for release candidates

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ on:
         branches: [develop]
 
     workflow_dispatch:
+        inputs:
+            target_branch:
+                description: 'The branch to release from'
+                required: true
+                default: 'develop'
 
 concurrency:
     group: ${{ github.head_ref || github.run_id }}
@@ -68,21 +73,24 @@ jobs:
             - uses: actions/checkout@v4
               with:
                   fetch-depth: 0
-                  ref: ${{ github.head_ref || github.ref_name }}
+                  ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.target_branch || github.head_ref || github.ref_name }}
 
-            # Do a dry run of release
-            - name: Test release
-              uses: python-semantic-release/[email protected]
-              if: github.ref_name != 'develop'
-              with:
-                  root_options: --noop
+            - name: Determine Release Type
+              id: determine_release
+              run: |
+                  if [ "${{ github.event_name }}" = "workflow_dispatch" ]; then
+                      echo "release_options=--prerelease" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+                  elif [ "${{ github.ref_name }}" = "develop" ]; then
+                      echo "release_options=" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+                  else
+                      echo "release_options=--noop" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+                  fi
 
-            # On main branch: actual release + upload to PyPI & GitHub
             - name: Release
               uses: python-semantic-release/[email protected]
               id: release
-              if: github.ref_name == 'develop'
               with:
+                  root_options: ${{ env.release_options }}
                   github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
             - name: Publish package distributions to PyPI