Merge pull request #994 from actions/ncalteen/release

Fix error during initial release script run

Author: ncalteen

script/release

@@ -82,13 +82,20 @@ git tag "$new_tag" --annotate --message "$new_tag Release"
 echo -e "Tagged: ${BOLD_GREEN}$new_tag${OFF}"
 
 # 7. Set 'is_major_release' variable
-latest_major_release_tag=$(expr "$latest_tag" : "$major_semver_tag_regex")
 new_major_release_tag=$(expr "$new_tag" : "$major_semver_tag_regex")
 
-if ! [[ "$new_major_release_tag" = "$latest_major_release_tag" ]]; then
+if [[ "$latest_tag" = "[unknown]" ]]; then
+	# This is the first major release
 	is_major_release='yes'
 else
-	is_major_release='no'
+	# Compare the major version of the latest tag with the new tag
+	latest_major_release_tag=$(expr "$latest_tag" : "$major_semver_tag_regex")
+
+	if ! [[ "$new_major_release_tag" = "$latest_major_release_tag" ]]; then
+		is_major_release='yes'
+	else
+		is_major_release='no'
+	fi
 fi
 
 # 8. Point separate major release tag (e.g. v1, v2) to the new release
@@ -116,10 +123,10 @@ fi
 
 # 10. If this is a major release, create a 'releases/v#' branch and push
 if [ $is_major_release = 'yes' ]; then
-	git branch "releases/$latest_major_release_tag" "$latest_major_release_tag"
-	echo -e "Branch: ${BOLD_BLUE}releases/$latest_major_release_tag${OFF} created from ${BOLD_BLUE}$latest_major_release_tag${OFF} tag"
-	git push --set-upstream $git_remote "releases/$latest_major_release_tag"
-	echo -e "Branch: ${BOLD_GREEN}releases/$latest_major_release_tag${OFF} pushed to remote"
+	git branch "releases/$new_major_release_tag" "$new_major_release_tag"
+	echo -e "Branch: ${BOLD_BLUE}releases/$new_major_release_tag${OFF} created from ${BOLD_BLUE}$new_major_release_tag${OFF} tag"
+	git push --set-upstream $git_remote "releases/$new_major_release_tag"
+	echo -e "Branch: ${BOLD_GREEN}releases/$new_major_release_tag${OFF} pushed to remote"
 fi
 
 # Completed