fix(release): restore persist-credentials:false, re-auth only for release ops

[asachs01]

Security retrofit from the node-connectwise-automate finding (WYRE-AI/node-connectwise-automate#82, live-verified, murph full review). task_1788457898992.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Chores
  • Improved the release process’s credential handling to reduce unnecessary access during dependency installation, builds, and tests.
  • Preserved authenticated access for required release tasks, including tag retrieval and publishing.
  • No changes to application functionality or end-user features.

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📝 Walkthrough

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The release workflow prevents credential persistence during dependency installation, builds, and tests. It restores authenticated Git access afterward for tag fetching and release pushes.

Changes

Release credential handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Credential isolation .github/workflows/release.yml	Checkout disables persistent GitHub credential storage during dependency installation, builds, and tests.
Release re-authentication .github/workflows/release.yml	The workflow restores the authenticated origin URL before tag fetching and Git pushes.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~10 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to 899de

Checkout credentials are isolated during build and test, but release re-authentication persists the token in repository configuration. This credential exposure should be removed before merge.

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Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly describes the main change: disable persisted checkout credentials and restore authentication only for release operations.
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In @.github/workflows/release.yml:
- Line 97: Update the release workflow’s Git authentication around the origin
remote setup so GITHUB_TOKEN is supplied through a temporary Git HTTP extra
header rather than persisted by git remote set-url. Remove or unset the
temporary credential before any subsequent non-Git commands or npm processes
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Murph full review LGTM (persist-credentials + http.extraheader + masking + explicit-https-URL, live-verified on node-connectwise-automate). CodeRabbit's own review state on this PR is stale/rate-limited (non-actionable) — merging on murph's review as the real gate per boss's ruling.