allow specifying tag

Author: snopoke

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
-    branches: [main]
+    inputs:
+      tag:
+        description: "Tag to release (e.g. v1.7.0)"
+        required: true
+        type: string
   push:
     tags:
       - "v*" # Push events to matching v*, i.e. v1.0, v20.15.10
@@ -26,6 +30,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
+          ref: ${{ inputs.tag || github.ref }}
           fetch-depth: 0
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
@@ -39,7 +44,10 @@ jobs:
           echo "PROJECT_VERSION=$PROJECT_VERSION" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - name: Check if tag version matches project version
         run: |
-          TAG=$(git describe HEAD --tags --abbrev=0)
+          TAG=${{ inputs.tag || '' }}
+          if [[ -z "$TAG" ]]; then
+            TAG=$(git describe HEAD --tags --abbrev=0)
+          fi
           echo $TAG
           echo $PROJECT_VERSION
           if [[ "$TAG" != "v$PROJECT_VERSION" ]]; then exit 1; fi
@@ -55,7 +63,8 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         with:
-          name: Release ${{ github.ref }}
+          tag_name: ${{ inputs.tag || github.ref_name }}
+          name: Release ${{ inputs.tag || github.ref_name }}
           draft: true
           generate_release_notes: true
           files: |