Remove logic for 'rc' branch (#521)

.github/workflows/version-bump.yml

@@ -8,10 +8,6 @@ on:
         description: "New version override (leave blank for automatic calculation, example: '2024.1.0')"
         required: false
         type: string
-      cut_rc_branch:
-        description: "Cut RC branch?"
-        default: true
-        type: boolean
       enable_slack_notification:
         description: "Enable Slack notifications for upcoming release?"
         default: false
@@ -40,18 +36,6 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Checkout Branch
         uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
-        with:
-          ref: main
-
-      - name: Check if RC branch exists
-        if: ${{ inputs.cut_rc_branch == true }}
-        run: |
-          remote_rc_branch_check=$(git ls-remote --heads origin rc | wc -l)
-          if [[ "${remote_rc_branch_check}" -gt 0 ]]; then
-            echo "Remote RC branch exists."
-            echo "Please delete current RC branch before running again."
-            exit 1
-          fi
 
       - name: Login to Azure - CI Subscription
         uses: Azure/login@e15b166166a8746d1a47596803bd8c1b595455cf # v1.6.0
@@ -212,34 +196,3 @@ jobs:
           version: ${{ steps.set-final-version-output.outputs.version }}
           project: ${{ github.repository }}
           AZURE_KV_CI_SERVICE_PRINCIPAL: ${{ secrets.AZURE_KV_CI_SERVICE_PRINCIPAL }}
-
-  cut_rc:
-    name: Cut RC branch
-    if: ${{ inputs.cut_rc_branch == true }}
-    needs: bump_version
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout Branch
-        uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
-        with:
-          ref: main
-
-      - name: Verify version has been updated
-        env:
-          NEW_VERSION: ${{ needs.bump_version.outputs.version }}
-        run: |
-          # Wait for version to change.
-          while : ; do
-            echo "Waiting for version to be updated..."
-            git pull --force
-            CURRENT_VERSION=$(cat package.json | jq -r '.version')
-
-            # If the versions don't match we continue the loop, otherwise we break out of the loop.
-            [[ "$NEW_VERSION" != "$CURRENT_VERSION" ]] || break
-            sleep 10
-          done
-
-      - name: Cut RC branch
-        run: |
-          git switch --quiet --create rc
-          git push --quiet --set-upstream origin rc