release-it isn't creating releases

👓 What did you see?

When an MR is merged, no release is created.

✅ What did you expect to see?

The release-it module on a merge, should create a new release, semver version and CHANGELOG based on the commit comments.

💻 Where does this happen?

This occurs in CI/CD in GitLab.

🔬 How do I recreate this?

1. Create an MR, with an appropriate commit comment.
2. Approve and merge into main
3. No release is created

📚 Any additional information?

This may be down to the USE_MERGE_REQUEST_RELEASE_FLOW?