fix: release workflow manual trigger and branch change (#873)

* added PR creation to release action
Signed-off-by: Allison Suarez Miranda <asuarezmiranda@lyft.com>

* set new branch rather than master
Signed-off-by: Allison Suarez Miranda <asuarezmiranda@lyft.com>

* changed cron to 12:15pm
Signed-off-by: Allison Suarez Miranda <asuarezmiranda@lyft.com>

* chnaged release aciton branch and added manual run trigger
Signed-off-by: Allison Suarez Miranda <asuarezmiranda@lyft.com>

.github/workflows/monthly_release.yml

@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ name: Monthly Release
 on:
   schedule:
     - cron: 15 20 19 * *
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    logLevel:
+      description: "Log level"
+      required: true
+      default: "warning"
 
 jobs:
   release:

setup.cfg

@@ -29,6 +29,6 @@ warn_no_return = True
 
 [semantic_release]
 version_variable = "./setup.py:__version__"
-branch = "new-release"
+branch = "origin/new-release"
 upload_to_pypi = true
 upload_to_release = true