[chore] Fix the update-otel job (open-telemetry#37258)

The job is still failing, see https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/actions/runs/12782040181/job/35630910758#step:5:10749 Making it simpler without involving third-party actions --------- Co-authored-by: Alex Boten <[email protected]>
bogdandrutu · Jan 21, 2025 · 39913af · 39913af
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-otel.yaml b/.github/workflows/update-otel.yaml
@@ -18,21 +18,16 @@ jobs:
         with:
           path: opentelemetry-collector
           repository: open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector
-      - name: Update to latest opentelemetry-collector release
+      - name: Update to latest opentelemetry-collector release and create a PR
         run: |
           cd opentelemetry-collector-contrib
           git config user.name opentelemetrybot
           git config user.email [email protected]
+          branch="opentelemetrybot/update-otel-$(date +%s)"
+          git checkout -b $branch
           make genotelcontribcol
           make update-otel
-      - name: Create pull request against main
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v7
-        with:
-          branch: opentelemetrybot/update-otel
-          path: opentelemetry-collector-contrib
-          base: main
-          token: ${{ secrets.OPENTELEMETRYBOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          commit-message: "[chore] Update to latest opentelemetry-collector release"
-          title: "[chore] Update to latest opentelemetry-collector"
-          body: |
-              This PR updates the opentelemetry-collector dependency to the latest release.
+          git push --set-upstream origin $branch  
+          gh pr create --base main --title "[chore] Prepare release ${CANDIDATE_BETA}" --body "This PR updates the opentelemetry-collector dependency to the latest release"
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.OPENTELEMETRYBOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}