From 6db338bf256de75193c237345be7b65676888bb6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Myk Taylor <myk002@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2023 02:32:13 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] set prerelease flag appropriately for github releases

---
 .github/workflows/github-release.yml | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/github-release.yml b/.github/workflows/github-release.yml
index 5b4565511..e455ea34d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/github-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/github-release.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,10 @@ jobs:
         submodules: true
     - name: Get tag
       id: gettag
-      run: echo name=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 --exact-match) >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+      run: |
+        TAG=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 --exact-match)
+        echo name="$TAG" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        echo type=$(echo "$TAG" | egrep '-r[0-9]+$' && echo "release" || echo "prerelease") >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
     - name: Generate release text
       run: |
         python docs/gen_changelog.py -a
@@ -73,5 +76,6 @@ jobs:
         omitDraftDuringUpdate: true
         omitNameDuringUpdate: true
         omitPrereleaseDuringUpdate: true
+        prerelease: ${{ steps.gettag.outputs.type == 'prerelease' }}
         replacesArtifacts: true
         tag: ${{ steps.gettag.outputs.name }}