[chhoumann]

Adds a dryRun checkbox, defaulting to false, to the Prepare release workflow_dispatch form, mirroring chhoumann/PodNotes#519. It forwards to the shared workflow's dry-run input, which skips the open-pr job. A manual run then plans the version and notes without opening, refreshing or closing a release PR. Before this, a dry run meant uncommenting a line in the stub.

The automatic workflow_run path has no inputs, so it passes false and behaves as before. The shared workflow stays pinned to 149e37801b35c120660a1fd5e78a5471fda55726 # v4.1.0.

Verification

Prepare release dispatched from this branch with dryRun: true. The run link is in a comment below.

Release impact

None. The standing release PR is untouched and no release is cut.

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Low Risk
CI workflow dispatch wiring only; no application or release automation behavior change unless someone explicitly enables dry run.

Overview
Adds a dryRun boolean (default false) to the Prepare release manual workflow_dispatch form so operators can plan version and release notes without opening or refreshing the standing release PR.

The stub now passes dry-run: ${{ inputs.dryRun == true }} into the pinned reusable prepare workflow instead of requiring a commented-out line in YAML. Automatic runs after green CI still have no inputs, so dryRun evaluates false and behavior is unchanged.

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Add dryRun input to the Prepare release workflow dispatch

Adds an optional boolean dryRun input (default false) to the workflow_dispatch config in release-prepare.yml. The manual-dispatch job now passes dry-run: true to the reusable workflow only when that input is set, replacing the previous commented-out hard-coded dry-run setting.

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[chhoumann]

Dry run from this branch with dryRun: true: https://github.com/chhoumann/MetaEdit/actions/runs/40097935823

Plan release succeeded and planned 1.10.4. Open release PR was skipped. Afterwards release PR #220 kept head 0a454ce and its updated time, the latest release is still 1.10.3, and the tag count did not change.