add exclusions to the release process

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -4,10 +4,41 @@ on:
         inputs:
             release-version:
                 required: true
+            exclude-slow-benchmarks:
+                description: 'Exclude slow benchmarks'
+                required: true
+                type: boolean
+                default: false
+            exclude-unstable-benchmarks:
+                description: 'Exclude unstable benchmarks'
+                required: true
+                type: boolean
+                default: false
+            exclude-release-only-benchmarks:
+                description: 'Exclude release benchmarks'
+                required: true
+                type: boolean
+                default: false
 
 jobs:
+    get-exclude-dirs:
+        name: Get exclude directories
+        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+        outputs:
+            exclude-dirs: ${{ steps.get-exclude-dirs.outputs.exclude-dirs }}
+        steps:
+            - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+            - id: get-exclude-dirs
+              uses: ./.github/actions/get_exclude_dirs
+              with:
+                  exclude-slow: ${{ github.event.inputs.exclude-slow-benchmarks }}
+                  exclude-unstable: ${{ github.event.inputs.exclude-unstable-benchmarks }}
+                  exclude-release-only: ${{ github.event.inputs.exclude-release-only-benchmarks }}
+
     prepare-release:
         name: Prepare Release
+        needs: get-exclude-dirs
         runs-on: ubuntu-latest
         env:
             GPG_SIGNING_KEY: ${{ secrets.GPG_SIGNING_KEY }} # All commits must be verified
@@ -57,6 +88,7 @@ jobs:
                   directories: |
                       ./examples
                       ./tests
+                  exclude-dirs: ${{ needs.get-exclude-dirs.outputs.exclude-dirs }}
 
     update-test-files-for-release-commit:
         needs: prepare-release