all non main releases

all non main releases will be marked as a pre release so we can build releases that do not get sent out as an update notification to everyone just yet

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
   validate-release:
     name: Validate Release
-    if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
@@ -23,7 +22,12 @@ jobs:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: |
           version="$(python -c "import tomllib; print(tomllib.load(open('pyproject.toml', 'rb'))['project']['version'])")"
-          tag="v${version}"
+          if [ "${{ github.ref }}" = "refs/heads/main" ]; then
+            tag="v${version}"
+          else
+            safe_ref="$(echo "${{ github.ref_name }}" | tr '/_' '--' | tr -cd '[:alnum:].-')"
+            tag="v${version}-${safe_ref}.${GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER}"
+          fi
 
           if git rev-parse -q --verify "refs/tags/${tag}" >/dev/null; then
             echo "::error title=Release tag already exists::${tag} already exists. Bump project.version in pyproject.toml before running the release workflow."
@@ -37,7 +41,6 @@ jobs:
 
   build-windows:
     name: Build Windows
-    if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
     needs: validate-release
     runs-on: windows-latest
 
@@ -72,7 +75,6 @@ jobs:
 
   build-linux:
     name: Build Linux
-    if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
     needs: validate-release
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
@@ -110,7 +112,6 @@ jobs:
 
   build-macos:
     name: Build Macos
-    if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
     needs: validate-release
     runs-on: macos-15-intel
 
@@ -145,7 +146,6 @@ jobs:
 
   release:
     name: Release
-    if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
     needs: [build-windows, build-linux, build-macos]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
@@ -164,9 +164,14 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build Release Notes
         run: |
           version="${{ steps.package-version.outputs.version }}"
-          tag="v${version}"
+          if [ "${{ github.ref }}" = "refs/heads/main" ]; then
+            tag="v${version}"
+          else
+            safe_ref="$(echo "${{ github.ref_name }}" | tr '/_' '--' | tr -cd '[:alnum:].-')"
+            tag="v${version}-${safe_ref}.${GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER}"
+          fi
           repo_url="${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}"
-          previous_tag="$(git tag --merged HEAD --sort=-v:refname | grep -E '^v[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)*' | grep -vx "$tag" | head -n 1 || true)"
+          previous_tag="$(git tag --merged HEAD --sort=-v:refname | grep -E '^v[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)*$' | grep -vx "$tag" | head -n 1 || true)"
 
           {
             echo "Release ${tag}"
@@ -216,7 +221,14 @@ jobs:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: |
           version="${{ steps.package-version.outputs.version }}"
-          tag="v${version}"
+          if [ "${{ github.ref }}" = "refs/heads/main" ]; then
+            tag="v${version}"
+            prerelease_args=()
+          else
+            safe_ref="$(echo "${{ github.ref_name }}" | tr '/_' '--' | tr -cd '[:alnum:].-')"
+            tag="v${version}-${safe_ref}.${GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER}"
+            prerelease_args=(--prerelease)
+          fi
           files=(
             nte-history-exporter.exe
             nte-history-exporter-linux
@@ -236,4 +248,4 @@ jobs:
             exit 1
           fi
 
-          gh release create "$tag" "${files[@]}" --title "${tag} Release" --notes-file release-notes.md
+          gh release create "$tag" "${files[@]}" --title "${tag} Release" --notes-file release-notes.md "${prerelease_args[@]}"