bypass pr requirement on ci

Author: BillyDotWS

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -20,13 +20,15 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       contents: write
+      id-token: write
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          token: ${{ secrets.PAT_TOKEN }}
           fetch-depth: 0
+          persist-credentials: true
 
       - name: Setup Git
         run: |
@@ -96,20 +98,22 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Commit and push version change
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PAT_TOKEN }}
         run: |
           git add build.gradle.kts
           git commit -m "[PV-0] chore: bump version to ${{ steps.bump.outputs.new }} [skip ci]"
-          git remote set-url origin https://x-access-token:${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}@github.com/${{ github.repository }}
+          # Configure git to use token for push (needed to bypass branch protection)
+          git remote set-url origin https://x-access-token:${{ secrets.PAT_TOKEN }}@github.com/${{ github.repository }}
           git push origin HEAD:main
 
       - name: Create tag
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PAT_TOKEN }}
         run: |
           NEW_VERSION="${{ steps.bump.outputs.new }}"
           git tag -a "v$NEW_VERSION" -m "Release v$NEW_VERSION"
-          git remote set-url origin https://x-access-token:${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}@github.com/${{ github.repository }}
+          # Configure git to use token for push (needed to bypass branch protection)
+          git remote set-url origin https://x-access-token:${{ secrets.PAT_TOKEN }}@github.com/${{ github.repository }}
           git push origin "v$NEW_VERSION"
 
       - name: Setup Java
@@ -165,7 +169,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Create release
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PAT_TOKEN }}
         run: |
           gh release create "v${{ steps.bump.outputs.new }}" \
             --title "Release v${{ steps.bump.outputs.new }}" \