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* 🧪 Run `gh release` w/o Git in CI/CD

It is possible to use `gh release create --repo=` [[1]] so that GH CLI
does not need to infer the repository information from the Git
repository.

GH CLI supports passing such options via environment values [[2]],
which is what this patch makes use of.

It's a follow-up for #13891.

[1]: https://cli.github.com/manual/gh_release_create
[2]: https://cli.github.com/manual/gh_help_environment

* 📝 Add a change note for PRs #13942 and #13891

(cherry picked from commit 21ad5c65c979dfd2352784b3e074cd34f208dfdf)
---
 .github/workflows/deploy.yml | 6 +-----
 changelog/13891.contrib.rst  | 1 +
 changelog/13942.contrib.rst  | 3 +++
 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
 create mode 120000 changelog/13891.contrib.rst
 create mode 100644 changelog/13942.contrib.rst

diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
index ad7cc029c5e..c44ef2d8210 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -120,11 +120,6 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: write
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
-      with:
-        fetch-depth: 0
-        persist-credentials: true
-
     - name: Download Package
       uses: actions/download-artifact@v6
       with:
@@ -140,6 +135,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Publish GitHub Release
       env:
         VERSION: ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
+        GH_REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
         GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       run: |
         gh release create --notes-file gh-release-notes.md --verify-tag "$VERSION" dist/*
diff --git a/changelog/13891.contrib.rst b/changelog/13891.contrib.rst
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..b5cf5102ff8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/13891.contrib.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+13942.contrib.rst
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/changelog/13942.contrib.rst b/changelog/13942.contrib.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cdf23e68455
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/13942.contrib.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+The CI/CD part of the release automation is now capable of
+creating GitHub Releases without having a Git checkout on
+disk -- by :user:`bluetech` and :user:`webknjaz`.