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name: Update Major Version Tag

on:
release:
types: [published]

permissions:
contents: write

jobs:
update-tag:
# Skip pre-releases
if: ${{ !github.event.release.prerelease }}
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v4
with:
fetch-depth: 0
fetch-tags: true

- name: Update major version tag
env:
TAG: ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}
run: |
MAJOR=$(echo "$TAG" | grep -oP '^v\d+')

@Resonance1584 Resonance1584 Apr 10, 2026

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  • Ensure only valid semver tags are matched.
  • Do not run if tag contains prerelease e.g 2.0.1-rc1
  • Check all tags and verify that this is the highest tag for this version e.g. if 2.7.3 exists, and this is 2.6.9, do not update the major tag.

if [ -z "$MAJOR" ]; then
echo "::error::Could not extract major version from tag '$TAG'"
exit 1
fi
echo "Updating floating tag $MAJOR to point to $TAG"
git tag -f "$MAJOR" "$TAG"
git push -f origin "$MAJOR"