From e1742c1abbca9e3e5cecf9eeeff58408333c4bf5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?H=C3=BCseyin=20Karakaya?= <karakayahuseyin023@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2026 14:00:59 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] ci: support prerelease application releases

---
 .github/workflows/release.yml | 12 +++++++++---
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 5c979b1..6ced1dc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           project_version="$(python -c 'import tomllib; print(tomllib.load(open("pyproject.toml", "rb"))["project"]["version"])')"
           tag_version="${GITHUB_REF_NAME#v}"
-          if [[ "${tag_version}" != "${project_version}" ]]; then
-            echo "Tag version ${tag_version} does not match project version ${project_version}." >&2
+          if [[ "${tag_version}" != "${project_version}" && "${tag_version}" != "${project_version}-"* ]]; then
+            echo "Tag version ${tag_version} does not match project version ${project_version} (or its prerelease form)." >&2
             exit 1
           fi
       - name: Create draft release
@@ -187,4 +187,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Publish draft release
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
-        run: gh release edit "${GITHUB_REF_NAME}" --draft=false --latest
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          if [[ "${GITHUB_REF_NAME}" == *-* ]]; then
+            gh release edit "${GITHUB_REF_NAME}" --draft=false --prerelease
+          else
+            gh release edit "${GITHUB_REF_NAME}" --draft=false --latest
+          fi