fix: enable persist-credentials for release workflow (#3907)

Re-enable persist-credentials: true in the prepare-release workflow
checkout step

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Author: rahuldevikar

.github/workflows/prepare-release.yaml

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           token: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_PAT }}
-          persist-credentials: false
+          persist-credentials: true
 
       - name: Install the latest version of uv
         uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@37802adc94f370d6bfd71619e3f0bf239e1f3b78 # v7

docs/changelog/3907.misc.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Enable ``persist-credentials: true`` in the ``actions/checkout`` step of the prepare-release workflow so that git push
+operations succeed during automated releases - by :user:`rahuldevikar`.