Try creating a github action to automate release branch creation

.github/workflows/main.yml

+name: Create release branch and PRs
+
+# Controls when the action will run. 
+on:
+  # Allows you to run this workflow manually from the Actions tab
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+# A workflow run is made up of one or more jobs that can run sequentially or in parallel
+jobs:
+  # This workflow contains a single job called "build"
+  build:
+    # The type of runner that the job will run on
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    # Steps represent a sequence of tasks that will be executed as part of the job
+    steps:
+      # Checks-out your repository under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE, so your job can access it
+      - name: Checkout master
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 1
+          ref: automation-test-master # todo change to master
+      - name: Set output variables
+        id: vars
+        run: |
+          echo ::set-output name=branch::"release/$(date +%Y-%m-%d)"
+      - name: Create release branch and merge develop
+        run: |
+          git checkout -b ${{ steps.vars.outputs.branch }}
+          git merge develop
+          git push
+      - name: Show merge commit
+        run: git --no-pager show
+      - name: Create Pull Request
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v3.10.0
+        with:
+          commit-message: release branch for develop
+          base: develop
+          branch: ${{ steps.vars.outputs.branch }}
+          title: develop ${{  steps.vars.outputs.branch }}