Create a release from a tag

[Seeyko]

Hello,

I'm trying to set up the following workflow with semantic-release and would appreciate some guidance:

The main branch is the preprod branch, which creates prereleases with an rc tag.
The develop branch create beta releases.
We merge features branches into develop, which increases the beta version. Once we are ready, we merge develop into the main branch, which creates an rc release and deploys to a pre-production server for further testing.

If the tests are successful, I would like to create a new tag from the rc tag. This tag will be the final and official release, triggering a new release (not a new tag since I created it manually) and deploying to the production server.

Is this workflow possible with semantic-release?

Alternatively, is it possible to run a new manual pipeline with some custom variables to trigger a new tag and release for production based on a given rc tag?

Another solution is make main as the production branch and have another preprod branch. However, this adds complexity since we would need to do a merge request on the main branch. Creating a release from an rc tag is less work and ensures we are based on the same commit as the targeted rc.

Any suggestions or ideas on how to achieve this would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you for the awesome plugins, and have a great week!