From ae3fc7ff82bb2f2a3c7770a0929c4b9b18e14df3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marco Steinacher <marco.steinacher@tegonal.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2026 14:54:56 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix: Only match full tags in pre release checks.

When releasing vA.B.C the check should only fail if there is a git tag
that matches "vA.B.C" exactly and not "vA.B.C-RC1", for example.
---
 src/releasing/pre-release-checks-git.sh | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/releasing/pre-release-checks-git.sh b/src/releasing/pre-release-checks-git.sh
index 938b1653..475d71a8 100755
--- a/src/releasing/pre-release-checks-git.sh
+++ b/src/releasing/pre-release-checks-git.sh
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ function preReleaseCheckGit() {
 
 	local tags
 	tags=$(git tag) || die "The following command failed (see above): git tag"
-	if grep -q --fixed-strings "$version" <<<"$tags"; then
+	if grep -q --fixed-strings --line-regexp "$version" <<<"$tags"; then
 		logError "tag %s already exists locally, adjust version or delete it with git tag -d %s" "$version" "$version"
 		if hasRemoteTag "$version"; then
 			printf >&2 "Note, it also exists on the remote which means you also need to delete it there -- e.g. via git push origin :%s\n" "$version"