fix: Fix gitlab release step in CI

Author: JanEbbing

.gitlab-ci.yml

@@ -253,5 +253,7 @@ publish to NPM:
 gitlab release:
     stage: publish
     extends: .create_gitlab_release
+    before_script:
+        - echo "overriding default before_script..."
     rules:
         - if: '$CI_COMMIT_TAG =~ /^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$/'