From 9738642abf9049d0415bdee00c0f09e694e2b3c6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shavonn Brown <shavonn@offloadproject.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2026 21:37:30 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] ci: workflow handle carrying major tag forth

---
 .github/workflows/release.yml | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 3eb0297..6ac1ee2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,13 @@ jobs:
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.merge_commit_sha }}
           fetch-depth: 0
       - uses: ./
+        id: release
         with:
           github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           draft-release: false
+      - name: Update floating major tag
+        if: steps.release.outputs.tag
+        run: |
+          major=$(echo "${{ steps.release.outputs.tag }}" | grep -oE '^v[0-9]+')
+          git tag -f "$major" "${{ steps.release.outputs.tag }}"
+          git push origin "$major" --force