ci: fix release skipped on squash merges containing [skip ci] in body

Author: quotentiroler

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -14,8 +14,10 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   release:
-    # Skip CI-only commits (version bumps) to avoid release loops
-    if: "!contains(github.event.head_commit.message, '[skip ci]')"
+    # Skip CI-only commits (version bumps) to avoid release loops.
+    # Check only the first line (title) — squash merges include [skip ci]
+    # from intermediate commits in the body, which would falsely skip the release.
+    if: "!startsWith(github.event.head_commit.message, 'chore: bump version')"
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     permissions: