another attempt to get the action that submits to docker hub working

Author: nrminor

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -5,6 +5,15 @@ on:
     tags:
       - 'v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+'
       - 'v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+-*'  # Allow pre-release tags like v1.0.0-alpha, v1.0.0-beta.1
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      version:
+        description: 'Version to build (without v prefix, e.g. 2.2.1)'
+        required: true
+      skip_release:
+        description: 'Skip GitHub release creation (for testing docker push only)'
+        type: boolean
+        default: true
 
 permissions:
   contents: write
@@ -13,6 +22,7 @@ jobs:
   release:
     name: Create Release
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' || !inputs.skip_release }}
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
@@ -155,7 +165,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Push Docker Image
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: release
-    if: ${{ !contains(github.ref, '-') }}
+    if: ${{ always() && (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || !contains(github.ref, '-')) }}
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
@@ -164,7 +174,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Extract version from tag
         id: version
         run: |
-          VERSION=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/v}
+          if [ "${{ github.event_name }}" = "workflow_dispatch" ]; then
+            VERSION="${{ inputs.version }}"
+          else
+            VERSION=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/v}
+          fi
           echo "version=$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       - name: Set up Docker Buildx