add workflow dispatch to release

debug echos

fix workflow again

another fix

.github/workflows/releases.yml

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ on:
   push:
     tags:
       - "v*.*.*"
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
   build:
@@ -14,11 +15,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Extract version from tag
         run: |
           VERSION=$(echo ${GITHUB_REF} | sed 's/refs\/tags\///')
-          echo "VERSION={$VERSION#v}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "VERSION=${VERSION#v}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - name: Get Changelog
         run: |
-          changelog=$(grep -A 1000 "^## \[$VERSION\]" CHANGELOG.md | sed '1d;/^## \[/,$d')
-          echo "RELEASE_NOTES=$changelog" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          changelog='$(grep -A 1000 "^## \[$VERSION\]" CHANGELOG.md | sed '1d;/^## \[/,$d')'
+          echo "RELEASE_NOTES=\"$changelog\"" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - name: Release
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
         with: