chore: tagging fix until unified method

Author: bencegadanyi1-nhs

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@ on:
     inputs:
       dev_version:
         description: "DEV version to promote (e.g., dev-123-a1b2c3d)"
-        required: false
+        required: true
         type: string
   pull_request:
     branches: [main]
 
 env:
-  BRANCH_NAME: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+  BRANCH_NAME: ${{ github.event.ref.BRANCH_NAME }}
 
 jobs:
   quality_checks:
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     outputs:
       version_tag: ${{ steps.output_version_tag.outputs.VERSION_TAG }}
+
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v5
@@ -118,24 +119,24 @@ jobs:
             [See code diff](${{ github.event.compare }})
             [Release workflow run](${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }})
 
-            It was initialised by [${{ github.event.sender.login }}](${{ github.event.sender.html_url }})
+            It was initialized by [${{ github.event.sender.login }}](${{ github.event.sender.html_url }})
 
   package_code:
-    needs: [get_commit_id, tag_release]
+    needs: [tag_release, get_commit_id]
     uses: ./.github/workflows/cdk_package_code.yml
     with:
       STACK_NAME: epsam-test2
-      VERSION_NUMBER: ${{ needs.tag_release.outputs.version_tag }}
-      COMMIT_ID: ${{ needs.get_commit_id.outputs.commit_id }}
+      VERSION_NUMBER: ${{needs.tag_release.outputs.version_tag}}
+      COMMIT_ID: ${{needs.get_commit_id.outputs.commit_id}}
 
   release_dev:
-    needs: [get_commit_id, tag_release, package_code]
+    needs: [tag_release, package_code, get_commit_id]
     uses: ./.github/workflows/release_all_stacks.yml
     with:
       STACK_NAME: epsam-test2
       TARGET_ENVIRONMENT: dev
       VERSION_NUMBER: ${{ inputs.dev_version || needs.tag_release.outputs.version_tag }}
-      COMMIT_ID: ${{ needs.get_commit_id.outputs.commit_id }}
+      COMMIT_ID: ${{needs.get_commit_id.outputs.commit_id}}
       CDK_APP_NAME: EpsAssistMeApp
       DEPLOY_CODE: true
       LOG_RETENTION_IN_DAYS: 30