Comment out logic that creates the initial release branch

Author: sarahchen6

.github/workflows/create-release-branch.yaml

@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ jobs:
   create-release-branch:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
-      contents: write # Allow pushing the empty release branch
+      # contents: write # Allow pushing the empty release branch
+      contents: read
       id-token: write # Required for OIDC token federation
     steps:
       - uses: DataDog/dd-octo-sts-action@acaa02eee7e3bb0839e4272dacb37b8f3b58ba80 # v1.0.3
@@ -42,42 +43,43 @@ jobs:
         id: define-branch
         run: |
           TAG=${{ steps.determine-tag.outputs.tag }}
-          echo "branch=release/${TAG%.0}.x" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          # echo "branch=release/${TAG%.0}.x" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "branch=release/v0.0.x" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
       - name: Checkout dd-trace-java at tag
         uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # 5.0.0
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.sha }}
 
-      - name: Check if branch already exists
-        id: check-branch
-        run: |
-          BRANCH=${{ steps.define-branch.outputs.branch }}
-          if git ls-remote --heads origin "$BRANCH" | grep -q "$BRANCH"; then
-            echo "creating_new_branch=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-            echo "Branch $BRANCH already exists - skipping following steps"
-          else
-            echo "creating_new_branch=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-            echo "Branch $BRANCH does not exist - proceeding with following steps"
-          fi
+      # - name: Check if branch already exists
+      #   id: check-branch
+      #   run: |
+      #     BRANCH=${{ steps.define-branch.outputs.branch }}
+      #     if git ls-remote --heads origin "$BRANCH" | grep -q "$BRANCH"; then
+      #       echo "creating_new_branch=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+      #       echo "Branch $BRANCH already exists - skipping following steps"
+      #     else
+      #       echo "creating_new_branch=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+      #       echo "Branch $BRANCH does not exist - proceeding with following steps"
+      #     fi
 
-      - name: Create and push empty release branch
-        if: steps.check-branch.outputs.creating_new_branch == 'true'
-        run: |
-          git checkout -b "${{ steps.define-branch.outputs.branch }}"
-          git push -u origin "${{ steps.define-branch.outputs.branch }}"
+      # - name: Create and push empty release branch
+      #   if: steps.check-branch.outputs.creating_new_branch == 'true'
+      #   run: |
+      #     git checkout -b "${{ steps.define-branch.outputs.branch }}"
+      #     git push -u origin "${{ steps.define-branch.outputs.branch }}"
 
       - name: Define temp branch name
-        if: steps.check-branch.outputs.creating_new_branch == 'true'
+        # if: steps.check-branch.outputs.creating_new_branch == 'true'
         id: define-temp-branch
         run: echo "branch=ci/pin-system-tests-$(date +'%Y%m%d')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       - name: Update system-tests references to latest commit SHA on main
-        if: steps.check-branch.outputs.creating_new_branch == 'true'
+        # if: steps.check-branch.outputs.creating_new_branch == 'true'
         run: BRANCH=main ./tooling/update_system_test_reference.sh
 
       - name: Commit changes
-        if: steps.check-branch.outputs.creating_new_branch == 'true'
+        # if: steps.check-branch.outputs.creating_new_branch == 'true'
         id: create-commit
         run: |
           git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
@@ -86,7 +88,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "commit=$(git rev-parse HEAD)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       - name: Push changes to temp branch
-        if: steps.check-branch.outputs.creating_new_branch == 'true'
+        # if: steps.check-branch.outputs.creating_new_branch == 'true'
         uses: DataDog/commit-headless@5a0f3876e0fbdd3a86b3e008acf4ec562db59eee # action/v2.0.1
         with:
           token: "${{ steps.octo-sts.outputs.token }}"
@@ -97,7 +99,7 @@ jobs:
           commits: "${{ steps.create-commit.outputs.commit }}"
 
       - name: Create pull request from temp branch to release branch
-        if: steps.check-branch.outputs.creating_new_branch == 'true'
+        # if: steps.check-branch.outputs.creating_new_branch == 'true'
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ steps.octo-sts.outputs.token }}
         run: |