[AB-xxx] adding manual release job

.github/workflows/release_manual.yml

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+name: Publishes a new version of the application
+on: workflow_dispatch
+jobs:
+  publish:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: master
+      - name: Set up JDK
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        with:
+          distribution: 'corretto'
+          java-version: 17
+      - name: Release maven packages
+        uses: qcastel/github-actions-maven-release@v1.12.41
+        env:
+          JAVA_HOME: /usr/lib/jvm/java-21-openjdk/
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          git-release-bot-name: "release-bot"
+          git-release-bot-email: "release-bot@sheldan.dev"
+          release-branch-name: master
+          maven-args: "-Dmaven.javadoc.skip=true -s settings.xml -DskipTests"
+          access-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          author_email: "release-bot@sheldan.dev"