ci: allow for feature branch releases via stable- naming

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ concurrency:
 on:
   push:
     branches:
-      - stable
+      - stable*
       - alpha*
       - beta*
       - rc*
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: provide network versioning
         shell: bash
         run: |
-          if [[ "$GITHUB_REF_NAME" != "main" && "$GITHUB_REF_NAME" != "stable" && "$GITHUB_REF_NAME" != "alpha" && "$GITHUB_REF_NAME" != "beta" ]]; then
+          if [[ "$GITHUB_REF_NAME" != "main" && ! "$GITHUB_REF_NAME" =~ ^stable && "$GITHUB_REF_NAME" != "alpha" && "$GITHUB_REF_NAME" != "beta" ]]; then
             echo "NETWORK_VERSION_MODE=restricted" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           fi
 
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ jobs:
 
       # only publish if we're on the stable branch
       - name: Conditionally remove 'publish = false' from workspace in release-plz.toml on stable branch
-        if: github.ref_name == 'stable'
+        if: startsWith(github.ref_name, 'stable')
         run: |
           ls -la
           sed -i '/^\[workspace\]/,/^\[/ {/^publish = false$/d;}' ./release-plz.toml