From 4cdef0b2dbe0c9aa26bed48edb868db738625e79 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Kessler <james@coveralls.io>
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2024 16:35:46 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Always point the major version tag to the latest release
 (#230)

* Add a workflow to always point the major version tag to the latest release.
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 .../workflows/update-major-version-tag.yml    | 26 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/update-major-version-tag.yml

diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-major-version-tag.yml b/.github/workflows/update-major-version-tag.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0d9ca810
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-major-version-tag.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+name: Update Major Version Tag
+
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [published]
+
+jobs:
+  update-major-version-tag:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout Repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Extract Major Version
+        id: extract_major_version
+        run: |
+          # Extract the major version part (e.g., "v2" from "v2.3.1")
+          echo "release_tag=${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          major_version=$(echo "${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}" | grep -oE "^v[0-9]+")
+          echo "major_version=$major_version" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Update Major Version Tag
+        run: |
+          git fetch --tags
+          git tag -f ${{ env.major_version }} ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}
+          git push origin ${{ env.major_version }} --force