fix(git-cliff-release): Improve behavior with no existing version tag#27
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lgtm, one quick idea that might make the change even cleaner ⬇️
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| # regex for matching git tags. | ||
| # The "v" prefix is optional so that the default first version (e.g. "0.1.0"), | ||
| # which git-cliff generates without a prefix when there are no existing tags, | ||
| # still validates against the pattern. | ||
| tag_pattern = "v?[0-9]+\\." |
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Would this option help? https://git-cliff.org/docs/configuration/bump#initial_tag (it's set to 0.1.0 by default, see code)
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Nice catch, thanks!
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🤖 I have created a release *beep* *boop* --- ## [1.3.0](v1.2.0...v1.3.0) (2026-06-05) ### Features * enhance MongoDB index checker with detailed sharding guidelines and common patterns ([#25](#25)) ([ebbf103](ebbf103)) * extend MongoDB index-check prompt with six more review patterns ([#21](#21)) ([8bab229](8bab229)) * PR title check action ([#24](#24)) ([28507c2](28507c2)) * Update model version from claude-opus-4-7 to claude-opus-4-8 ([#26](#26)) ([f4bd7c9](f4bd7c9)) ### Bug Fixes * **git-cliff-release:** Improve behavior with no existing version tag ([#27](#27)) ([9d7631e](9d7631e)) --- This PR was generated with [Release Please](https://github.com/googleapis/release-please). See [documentation](https://github.com/googleapis/release-please#release-please). Co-authored-by: github-actions[bot] <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
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git-cliff-releaseused to fail on repositories with no pre-existing tags that match the version conventions (vX.Y.Z), which is not great for setting up new repositories. This fixes that.