[GITHUB ACTION] Update BO process - add codeowner change and push to pre-releases (#663)

Signed-off-by: Chendi Xue <[email protected]>

Author: xuechendi

.github/workflows/create-release-branch.yaml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       branch_name:
-        description: "The new release branch name (e.g., 'releases/v0.11.0')"
+        description: "The new release branch name (e.g., 'pre-releases/v0.11.0')"
         required: true
         type: string
 
@@ -59,11 +59,11 @@ jobs:
         id: extract_tag
         run: |
           BRANCH_NAME="${{ github.event.inputs.branch_name }}"
-          if [[ "$BRANCH_NAME" != releases/* ]]; then
-            echo "::error::Branch name must follow the 'releases/**' pattern."
+          if [[ "$BRANCH_NAME" != pre-releases/* ]]; then
+            echo "::error::Branch name must follow the 'pre-releases/**' pattern."
             exit 1
           fi
-          TAG_NAME="${BRANCH_NAME#releases/}"
+          TAG_NAME="${BRANCH_NAME#pre-releases/}"
           echo "tag_name=$TAG_NAME" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           echo "Extracted tag name: $TAG_NAME"
 
@@ -107,6 +107,9 @@ jobs:
           echo "${{ steps.get_vllm_commit.outputs.commit_id }}" > VLLM_STABLE_COMMIT
           git add VLLM_STABLE_COMMIT
           git commit -m "Set vLLM stable commit for ${{ steps.extract_tag.outputs.tag_name }}"
+          echo "* @mgawarkiewicz-intel @wpyszka @piotrbocian" > .github/CODEOWNERS
+          git add .github/CODEOWNERS
+          git commit -m "update CODEOWNERS for ${{ steps.extract_tag.outputs.tag_name }}"
           git push -u origin "$BRANCH_NAME"
           echo "✅ Successfully created and pushed new branch '$BRANCH_NAME'."
 

.github/workflows/pre-merge.yaml

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ on:
     branches: 
       - main
       - releases/**
+      - pre-releases/**
 
   # Allow manual triggering for testing purposes
   workflow_dispatch: {}