[patch] try logging into npm (#1090)

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cc @BranchMetrics/saas-sdk-devs for visibility.

.github/workflows/deploy-release.yml

@@ -2,11 +2,6 @@ name: Publish Next Release (Manual)
 
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
-    inputs:
-      ref:
-        description: Reference git commit to release (e.g. "master", "12341fa")
-        required: true
-        default: master
 
 env:
   NODE_VERSION: 18
@@ -16,8 +11,6 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.ref }}
 
       - name: AWS, credentials setup
         uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
@@ -28,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Add INPUT_SHA env var
         run: |
-          export INPUT_SHA=$(git rev-parse ${{ github.event.inputs.ref }})
+          export INPUT_SHA=$(git rev-parse ${{ github.ref }})
           echo "INPUT_SHA=`echo $INPUT_SHA`" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Install branch-github-actions
@@ -60,6 +53,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: ${{ env.NODE_VERSION }}
+          registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
 
       # Do this before npm configure because it writes the package.json version
       - name: Write version to files