From 1e195a313cee4ac2aff6f1ba1e1169aa7b972a13 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Menno van Leeuwen <menno@vleeuwen.me>
Date: Fri, 23 May 2025 15:24:09 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Improve version tag fetching and handling in release script

---
 bin/scripts/release.sh | 20 ++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/bin/scripts/release.sh b/bin/scripts/release.sh
index 6f0596c..7c90474 100755
--- a/bin/scripts/release.sh
+++ b/bin/scripts/release.sh
@@ -17,8 +17,21 @@ if ! git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree &> /dev/null; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-# Get the latest tag or default to v0.0.0 if no tags exist
-LATEST_TAG=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 2>/dev/null || echo "v0.0.0")
+# Fetch all tags first to ensure we have the latest
+printfe "%s\n" "cyan" "Fetching all tags..."
+log_and_run git fetch --tags
+
+# Get the latest version tag, excluding 'latest' tag, or default to v0.0.0 if no tags exist
+VERSION_TAGS=$(git tag -l 'v*.*.*' | grep -v 'latest' | sort -V)
+if [ -z "$VERSION_TAGS" ]; then
+    printfe "%s\n" "yellow" "No version tags found. Starting with v0.0.0."
+    LATEST_TAG="v0.0.0"
+else
+    # Get the latest version tag
+    LATEST_TAG=$(echo "$VERSION_TAGS" | tail -n 1)
+    printfe "%s" "cyan" "Found latest version tag: "
+    printfe "%s\n" "yellow" "$LATEST_TAG" false
+fi
 
 # Parse the version number
 if [[ $LATEST_TAG =~ ^v([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)$ ]]; then
@@ -56,8 +69,7 @@ printfe "%s" "cyan" "Creating and pushing tag: "
 printfe "%s\n" "yellow" "$NEXT_VERSION" false
 
 # Make sure we have the latest changes
-printfe "%s\n" "cyan" "Fetching latest tags..."
-log_and_run git fetch --tags
+# We've already fetched tags at the beginning
 
 # Create the new tag
 printfe "%s\n" "cyan" "Creating new tag..."