Remove automatic conflict resolution for merge from release branch (#4362)

(cherry picked from commit 002a7c8)

Author: frangio

.github/workflows/release-cycle.yml

@@ -192,6 +192,8 @@ jobs:
       pull-requests: write
     if: needs.state.outputs.merge == 'true'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      MERGE_BRANCH: merge/${{ github.ref_name }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
@@ -200,15 +202,17 @@ jobs:
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup
       - run: bash scripts/git-user-config.sh
       - name: Create branch to merge
-        run: bash scripts/release/workflow/prepare-release-merge.sh
+        run: |
+          git checkout -B "$MERGE_BRANCH" "$GITHUB_REF_NAME"
+          git push -f origin "$MERGE_BRANCH"
       - name: Create PR back to master
         uses: actions/github-script@v6
         with:
           script: |
             await github.rest.pulls.create({
               owner: context.repo.owner,
               repo: context.repo.repo,
-              head: 'merge/${{ github.ref_name }}',
+              head: process.env.MERGE_BRANCH,
               base: 'master',
               title: '${{ format('Merge {0} branch', github.ref_name) }}'
             });