sure would like this to work

.github/workflows/publish-package.yml

@@ -30,15 +30,18 @@ jobs:
         echo "next_dev_version=$next_dev_version" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
     - name: Update version in __init__.py
+      id: update_version
       run: |
         unique_branch_name="version_bump_$(date +%s)"
         git checkout -b $unique_branch_name
         sed -i "s/__version__ = .*/__version__ = \"$next_dev_version\"/" src/acom_music_box/__init__.py
+        git status
+        git diff
         git config --local user.email "[email protected]"
         git config --local user.name "GitHub Actions"
         git add src/acom_music_box/__init__.py
         git commit -m "Bump version to ${{ env.next_dev_version }}"
-        git push origin HEAD:$unique_branch_name
+        git push --force origin HEAD:$unique_branch_name
         echo "branch_name=$unique_branch_name" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
     - name: Create Pull Request