order of operations

Author: Brittany Jones

docs/release-workflow.md

@@ -127,20 +127,7 @@ The automated release process is new, and may need some debugging pending more r
 
 ## Manual Release Process
 
-### 1. Moratorium Check and Obtain Release Lock
-Run script manually to check for moratorium and obtain release lock.
-
-```bash
-# Get the latest SHA from the most recent tag
-export SHA="$(git rev-parse $(git tag --sort=-creatordate | head -n 1)^{commit})"
-
-./scripts/release/tps-check-lock heroku-applink-python $SHA
-```
-
-**Required environment variables**
-TPS_API_TOKEN - This can be found in team password manager
-
-### 2. Creating a Release Branch
+### 1. Creating a Release Branch
 
 Run the draft-release script locally:
 ```bash
@@ -164,6 +151,20 @@ This method will:
 Merge pull request release-v$VERSION
 ```
 
+### 2. Moratorium Check and Obtain Release Lock
+Run script manually to check for moratorium and obtain release lock.
+
+```bash
+# Get the latest SHA from the most recent commit (ensure this commit is the release branch commit to main)
+export SHA="$(git rev-parse origin/main)"
+
+./scripts/release/tps-check-lock heroku-applink-python $SHA
+```
+
+**Required environment variables**
+TPS_API_TOKEN - This can be found in team password manager
+
+
 ### 3. Pushing the tag to Github
 
 Once the release branch as been merged into main, you will want to push the signed tag to github. 
@@ -184,20 +185,20 @@ git checkout $(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)
 uv build
 ```
 
-### 4. Create the Github Release
+### 5. Create the Github Release
 
 ```bash
 gh release create v$VERSION --generate-notes dist/*.whl dist/*.tar.gz
 ```
 
-### 5. Publish to PyPI
+### 6. Publish to PyPI
 Publish the package to pypi using __token__ as the username, and the shared team heroku applink manual publishing token as the token. 
 
 ```bash
 uv publish
 ```
 
-### 6. Publish to Change Management
+### 7. Publish to Change Management
 Run script manually to publish to change management. Ensure you are using '@salesforce' email address. 
 
 ```bash