fix(ci): automate release branch publishing

[inayayousfi]

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Chores
  • Enhanced publishing and release workflow automation with improved metadata extraction, conditional publishing checks, and updated configuration handling.

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• .github/workflows/publish.yml

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The GitHub publish workflow is refactored to trigger on push to release branches instead of release events, with added metadata parsing from Cargo.toml, automatic GitHub release creation, and conditional crates.io publishing logic that skips already-published versions.

Changes

Cohort / File(s)	Summary
GitHub Publish Workflow .github/workflows/publish.yml	Changed trigger from release event to push-based on release branch; added explicit permissions and environment variables; enhanced with multi-step orchestration including Cargo.toml metadata parsing, Rust toolchain installation, automatic GitHub release creation, published version checking against crates.io, and conditional publishing step.

Estimated code review effort

🎯 3 (Moderate) | ⏱️ ~20 minutes

Poem

🐰 A workflow so clever, it automates with care,
Parsing Cargo.toml metadata with flair,
GitHub releases bloom, crates.io awaits,
Conditional logic guards the publishing gates,
Automation hops forward—no duplicate state!

✨ Finishing Touches

🧪 Generate unit tests (beta)

• Create PR with unit tests
• Post copyable unit tests in a comment
• Commit unit tests in branch release

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