Can't make semantic-release work on protected branch

[felixjb]

Hello!

I am trying to use semantic-release in my Continuous Delivery workflow in my repository, Testify, but the action always fails because the remote does not allow the action to push a commit into a protected branch (main, in this case).

Now I don't know how to proceed. I would like to make my workflow as simple as clicking "Merge pull request" and then everything is done automagically. However, because GitHub does not even offer a feature to make the action an exception to this protection, I think maybe I will have to go another direction.

How can I use the semantic-release, then?

[felixjb]

@travi @cycjimmy I would love your input on this.

[gethari]

Facing same problem in azure devops

[samiramkr]

Having the same problem!