fix: Fix gitlab release stage in CI

Author: JanEbbing

.gitlab-ci.yml

@@ -172,5 +172,7 @@ test_manual:
 gitlab release:
   stage: publish
   extends: .create_gitlab_release
+  before_script:
+      - echo "overriding default before_script..."  
   rules:
     - if: '$CI_COMMIT_TAG =~ /^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$/'