Refactor workflow to include git pull before pushing hotfix branch

Refactor app-release.yml to increment version based on release type

Refactor app-release.yml to use latest_tag instead of latest_branch f…

…or getting the latest release tag

chore: Update app-release.yml to use latest_tag instead of latest_bra…

…nch for getting the latest release branch

chore: Update branch-create.yml to use create-branch.sh script for ma…

…king the branch executable