Chore: switch to simpler configuration

.gitlab-ci.yml

@@ -1,32 +1,12 @@
-prepare_job:
-  stage: build                                              # This stage must run before the release stage
-  tags: 
-    - docker
-  rules:
-    - if: $CI_COMMIT_TAG
-      when: never                                             # Do not run this job when a tag is created manually
-    - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH             # Run this job when commits are pushed or merged to the default branch
-  script:
-    - echo "EXTRA_DESCRIPTION=some message" >> variables.env  # Generate the EXTRA_DESCRIPTION and TAG environment variables
-    - echo "TAG=v$(cat VERSION)" >> variables.env             # and append to the variables.env file
-  artifacts:
-    reports:
-      dotenv: variables.env                                   # Use artifacts:reports:dotenv to expose the variables to other jobs
-
 release_job:
   stage: deploy
   image: registry.gitlab.com/gitlab-org/release-cli:latest
-  needs:
-    - job: prepare_job
-      artifacts: true
   rules:
-    - if: $CI_COMMIT_TAG
+    - if: $CI_COMMIT_TAG                  # Run this job when a tag is created manually
-      when: never                                  # Do not run this job when a tag is created manually
-    - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH  # Run this job when commits are pushed or merged to the default branch
   script:
-    - echo 'running release_job for $TAG'
+    - echo 'running release_job'
   release:
-    name: 'Release $TAG'
+    name: 'Release $CI_COMMIT_TAG'
-    description: 'Created using the release-cli $EXTRA_DESCRIPTION'  # $EXTRA_DESCRIPTION and the $TAG
+    description: 'Created using the release-cli $EXTRA_DESCRIPTION'  # $EXTRA_DESCRIPTION must be defined
-    tag_name: '$TAG'                                                 # variables must be defined elsewhere
+    tag_name: '$CI_COMMIT_TAG'                                       # elsewhere in the pipeline.
-    ref: '$CI_COMMIT_SHA'                                            # in the pipeline. For example, in the
+    ref: '$CI_COMMIT_TAG'