chore: get branch name from refs

Signed-off-by: Austin Hornhead <[email protected]>

.github/workflows/release-new.yml

@@ -83,9 +83,21 @@ jobs:
       - name: Write changelog to file
         run: echo "${{ steps.changelog.outputs.changelog }}" > CHANGELOG.md
 
+      - name: Get the branch name
+        id: branch_name
+        run: |
+          if [ "${{ github.event_name }}" = "pull_request" ]; then
+          echo "::set-output name=branch::${{ github.head_ref }}"
+          elif [[ "${GITHUB_REF}" == refs/tags/* ]]; then
+          echo "::set-output name=branch::main"  # replace 'main' with your default branch name
+          else
+          echo "::set-output name=branch::${GITHUB_REF#refs/heads/}"
+          fi
+
       - name: Commit CHANGELOG.md
         uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v5
         with:
+          branch: ${{ steps.branch_name.outputs.branch }}
           commit_message: 'docs: update CHANGELOG.md for ${{ github.ref_name }} [skip ci]'
           file_pattern: CHANGELOG.md