can't override tag matching to find the latest tag

[husseinraoouf]

Problem

I am trying to make the change log of normal releases contain all changes from the latest normal release until now even if there is pre releases in between

the problem is that git.tagMatch should be a globe so the suggested expression "[0-9]*\.[0-9]*\.[0-9]*" actually match normal and pre releases because the star at the end will allow any thing so 1.1.2-0 is valid

Suggested Solution

add a prefix for pre releases so we can match or exclude it with a globe

[webpro]

Not sure I understand the issue. The tagMatch value is a glob. When the glob matches both normal releases and prereleases, all releases should be included.

Do you want to exclude the prereleases and only include the commits/changes from the normal releases? You could use something like "[!-]*" to exclude tags having the -.

[husseinraoouf]

Do you want to exclude the prereleases and only include the commits/changes from the normal releases?

exactly yes

You could use something like "[!-]*" to exclude tags having the -.

I tired that, but this glob pattern actually match all tags that doesn't start with - not the tags that doesn't contain - because the * here is different than regex, in glob * means match any thing ( not anything like the previous pattern like in regex )

[husseinraoouf]

@webpro any updates,

I could help if you need

[webpro]

Did you see #963? Does that help? I'd be happy to look into a better fix.

[stale]

Is this still relevant? If so, what is blocking it? Is there anything you can do to help move it forward?

This issue has been automatically marked as stale because it has not had recent activity. It will be closed if no further activity occurs.

[webpro]

Perhaps the recent addition of https://github.com/release-it/release-it/blob/main/docs/git.md#use-all-refs-to-determine-latest-tag is helpful here.

Closing due to inactivity.