Add manual triggering support/documentation for release workflow

Ref: datalad/release-action#51 for more info

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -9,12 +9,17 @@ on:
       - maint
     types:
       - closed
+  # Allow manually triggering a release via a "Run workflow" button on the
+  # workflow's page:
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
   release:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    # Only run for merged PRs with the "release" label:
-    if: github.event.pull_request.merged == true && contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'release')
+    # Only run for manual runs or merged PRs with the "release" label:
+    if: >
+      github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'
+         || (github.event.pull_request.merged == true && contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'release'))
     steps:
       - name: Checkout source
         uses: actions/checkout@v4

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -630,6 +630,8 @@ changelog based on the pull requests since the last release, commits the
 results, tags the new commit with the next version number, and creates a GitHub
 release for the tag.
 This in turn triggers a job for building an sdist & wheel for the project and uploading them to PyPI.
+The release workflow alternatively could be triggered by visiting [release workflow page](https://github.com/datalad/datalad/actions/workflows/release.yml) and pressing "Run workflow" and choosing corresponding (`maint`) branch to release.
+Note that release workflow would fail if there were no commits since the most recent tagged release.
 
 ### CHANGELOG entries and labelling pull requests