chore: release nightlies from of release branch (#12181)

* chore: release nightlies from of release branch

in preperation for the new release cycle strategy we will move the nightly to be run off the latest release branch.

One caveat worth documenting: When we create the release branch we need to bump the verions for base and main immediately or else the ngihtly will run off the branch but will use a preveious release tag

I also do not know how to deal with `merge-hash-history-to-main` in this case

* chore: address valid code rabbit comments

add clear error when branch does not exist
make sure valid inputs is respected in the rest of the jobs/steps
release_nightly.yml now uses nightly_tag_release instead of the old nightly_tag_main