fix: publish release-plz releases after updating notes

[robjtede]

Summary

• Create release-plz releases as drafts.
• Update release notes from the changelog, then publish the releases with --then-undraft.
• Update the x52dev/nix flake lock input so CI has the new flag.

Validation

• Reviewed the workflow, release-plz config, and flake.lock diff.
• Did not run project tests; these changes only affect release configuration.

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Release Management
  • Newly created releases are now automatically moved out of draft status after their release notes are updated. This makes publication part of the automated release process, so the release is no longer left in draft after the workflow completes. The change applies when the workflow creates releases and uses the existing release notes update step.

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• .github/workflows/release.yml

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

When releases_created is true, the release workflow runs x52-update-release-notes with the --then-undraft option.

Changes

Release workflow

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Release-notes command option .github/workflows/release.yml	The release-notes command now includes --then-undraft.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~3 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 48b97

The release-notes command supports the new option and publishes after updating notes. No merge-blocking issue is identified.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

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Title check		The title clearly and concisely describes the main change: publishing release-plz releases after updating their notes.
Docstring Coverage		No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 0…
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Out of Scope Changes check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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