Added workflow for creating branches for patch releases #3192
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This creates a new GitHub action to create a release branch from which additional patch releases can be generated. It takes a version (e.g.,
4.1.8
) and produces a new branch off of the base tag (so4.1.8-release
off of tag4.1.8.0
). This allows a maintainer to create a patch branch given our relatively restrictive branch protection rules, which generally do not allow for branch creation.