🧪 Run gh release w/o Git in CI/CD (#13942) (#13947)

* 🧪 Run `gh release` w/o Git in CI/CD

It is possible to use `gh release create --repo=` [[1]] so that GH CLI
does not need to infer the repository information from the Git
repository.

GH CLI supports passing such options via environment values [[2]],
which is what this patch makes use of.

It's a follow-up for #13891.

[1]: https://cli.github.com/manual/gh_release_create
[2]: https://cli.github.com/manual/gh_help_environment

* 📝 Add a change note for PRs #13942 and #13891

(cherry picked from commit 21ad5c6)

Co-authored-by: 🇺🇦 Sviatoslav Sydorenko (Святослав Сидоренко) <[email protected]>

Author: patchback[bot]

.github/workflows/deploy.yml

@@ -120,11 +120,6 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: write
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
-      with:
-        fetch-depth: 0
-        persist-credentials: true
-
     - name: Download Package
       uses: actions/download-artifact@v6
       with:
@@ -140,6 +135,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Publish GitHub Release
       env:
         VERSION: ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
+        GH_REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
         GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       run: |
         gh release create --notes-file gh-release-notes.md --verify-tag "$VERSION" dist/*

changelog/13891.contrib.rst

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+13942.contrib.rst

changelog/13942.contrib.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+The CI/CD part of the release automation is now capable of
+creating GitHub Releases without having a Git checkout on
+disk -- by :user:`bluetech` and :user:`webknjaz`.