Do not push any code to that repository.
How to publish
On https://github.com/nextcloud, tag appropriate commit on the source repository
Push the new tag to this repository
Create release on this repository
Automatic package and publish
Make sure you have the necessary workflow on your https://github.com/nextcloud source repository
Make sure your tagged commit also have the workflow
Make sure this repository have the proper APP_PRIVATE_KEY secret set
Make the nextcloud_release_service user is a co-maintainer of your app on https://apps.nextcloud.com/
Make sure you have admin rights to this repository