fix(ci): force-push the throwaway release branch so retries aren't blocked

[senamakel]

Problem

Release run 33329333792 failed in Commit version bump:

 ! [rejected]        release/v0.1.2 -> release/v0.1.2 (non-fast-forward)
error: failed to push some refs to 'https://github.com/tinyhumansai/tinycortex'

An earlier failed run (33329114653) had already created and pushed release/v0.1.2 before dying at the merge step. The retry recomputes the same version, builds the same branch name from a fresh commit, and its push is therefore a non-fast-forward against the leftover branch. Every retry at the same version hits this — the workflow is blocked by its own debris.

Fix

Force-push the throwaway release branch. It only ever carries the version bump for that exact tag and is deleted by gh pr merge --delete-branch on success, so overwriting a leftover copy is safe.

I also deleted the stranded release/v0.1.2 branch so the next run starts clean.

Verification

python3 -c "import yaml; yaml.safe_load(open('.github/workflows/release.yml'))" parses cleanly. CI configuration only; no code changes, so no tests were run.

Follow-up to #160 and #161.

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tinysweeper found nothing blocking. Approving.

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