chore: sync auto-release.yml from Template-Generic [skip ci]

.mokogitea/workflows/auto-release.yml

@@ -132,9 +132,20 @@ jobs:
             curl -s -X PATCH -H "$AUTH" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
               "${API_BASE}/pulls/${PR}" -d '{"head":"rc"}' >/dev/null || true
           fi
-          curl -s -X DELETE -H "$AUTH" "${API_BASE}/branches/${FROM}" >/dev/null || true
+          # Never delete permanent branches (dev/main/rc/...); only ephemeral feature branches.
+          case "$FROM" in
+            dev|main|master|rc|stable|production|release|develop|staging|beta|alpha)
+              echo "Keeping permanent branch ${FROM} (not deleting)" ;;
+            *)
+              curl -s -X DELETE -H "$AUTH" "${API_BASE}/branches/${FROM}" >/dev/null || true ;;
+          esac
           echo "Renamed ${FROM} -> rc"
 
+      - name: Trigger RC deploy
+        run: |
+          # Workflow-token pushes do NOT wake downstream workflows; dispatch deploy-rc explicitly.
+          curl -sf -X POST -H "Authorization: token ${{ secrets.MOKOGITEA_TOKEN }}" \n            -H "Content-Type: application/json" \n            "${MOKOGITEA_URL}/api/v1/repos/${GITEA_ORG}/${GITEA_REPO}/actions/workflows/deploy-rc.yml/dispatches" \n            -d '{"ref":"rc"}' \n            && echo "Dispatched deploy-rc on rc" \n            || echo "::warning::deploy-rc dispatch failed (no deploy-rc.yml on rc? non-go platform)"
+
       - name: Checkout rc and configure git
         run: |
           git fetch origin rc
@@ -144,12 +155,14 @@ jobs:
           git remote set-url origin "https://x-access-token:${{ secrets.MOKOGITEA_TOKEN }}@git.mokoconsulting.tech/${{ github.repository }}.git"
 
       - name: Publish RC release
+        continue-on-error: true
         run: |
           php ${MOKO_CLI}/release_publish.php \
             --path . --stability rc --bump minor --branch rc \
             --token "${{ secrets.MOKOGITEA_TOKEN }}"
 
       - name: Update RC release notes from CHANGELOG.md
+        continue-on-error: true
         run: |
           API_BASE="${MOKOGITEA_URL}/api/v1/repos/${GITEA_ORG}/${GITEA_REPO}"
           TOKEN="${{ secrets.MOKOGITEA_TOKEN }}"