fix(release): use valid git tag sort

Use GoReleaser’s supported Git version sort and assert it before release runs.

commit: 02ca8a8285577364cb32f3dfdd8e08517d64bdce
author: brice · 2mo ago · 2026-08-05 18:43 UTC
parent: 3f8fc45
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2 files · +11 -2

M .github/scripts/next-release-tag_test.sh +9 -0


@@ -37,3 +37,12 @@ git tag -a v0.1.1 -m 'release v0.1.1'
37	37
38	38		git commit --allow-empty --quiet -m 'refactor!: replace extension handshake'
39	39		expect 'v0.2.0'
	40	+
	41	+	# GoReleaser passes tag_sort directly to `git tag --sort`, so keep the
	42	+	# configured semantic-version sort valid before a release run depends on it.
	43	+	tag_sort=$(sed -n 's/^[[:space:]]tag_sort:[[:space:]]//p' "$repo_root/.goreleaser.yaml")
	44	+	if [ "$tag_sort" != '-version:refname' ]; then
	45	+	printf 'goreleaser tag_sort = %q, want %q\n' "$tag_sort" '-version:refname' >&2
	46	+	exit 1
	47	+	fi
	48	+	git tag --sort "$tag_sort" --list 'v..*' >/dev/null


@@ -37,3 +37,12 @@ git tag -a v0.1.1 -m 'release v0.1.1'
37		37
38	git commit --allow-empty --quiet -m 'refactor!: replace extension handshake'	38		git commit --allow-empty --quiet -m 'refactor!: replace extension handshake'
39	expect 'v0.2.0'	39		expect 'v0.2.0'
		40	+
		41	+	# GoReleaser passes tag_sort directly to `git tag --sort`, so keep the
		42	+	# configured semantic-version sort valid before a release run depends on it.
		43	+	tag_sort=$(sed -n 's/^[[:space:]]tag_sort:[[:space:]]//p' "$repo_root/.goreleaser.yaml")
		44	+	if [ "$tag_sort" != '-version:refname' ]; then
		45	+	printf 'goreleaser tag_sort = %q, want %q\n' "$tag_sort" '-version:refname' >&2
		46	+	exit 1
		47	+	fi
		48	+	git tag --sort "$tag_sort" --list 'v..*' >/dev/null

M .goreleaser.yaml +2 -2


@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ snapshot:
49	49		version_template: "{{ incpatch .Version }}-next"
50	50
51	51		git:
52		-	# Generate prerelease changelogs from the previous stable tag.
53		-	tag_sort: smartsemver
	52	+	# Git's version-aware sort selects semantic versions correctly.
	53	+	tag_sort: -version:refname
54	54
55	55		changelog:
56	56		sort: asc


@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ snapshot:
49		version_template: "{{ incpatch .Version }}-next"	49		version_template: "{{ incpatch .Version }}-next"
50			50
51		git:	51		git:
52	-	# Generate prerelease changelogs from the previous stable tag.	52	+	# Git's version-aware sort selects semantic versions correctly.
53	-	tag_sort: smartsemver	53	+	tag_sort: -version:refname
54			54
55		changelog:	55		changelog:
56		sort: asc	56		sort: asc