From bcec65d28535ddee0156eb52a037dd8b1aeb1406 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jonathan Miller <jmiller@noreply.git.mokoconsulting.tech>
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2026 22:43:16 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?fix:=20remove=20already=5Freleased=20skip=20gat?=
 =?UTF-8?q?e=20=E2=80=94=20blocks=20patch=20releases=20[skip=20ci]?=
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---
 templates/workflows/joomla/auto-release.yml.template | 7 ++-----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/templates/workflows/joomla/auto-release.yml.template b/templates/workflows/joomla/auto-release.yml.template
index 0c445ab..cac4655 100644
--- a/templates/workflows/joomla/auto-release.yml.template
+++ b/templates/workflows/joomla/auto-release.yml.template
@@ -133,11 +133,8 @@ jobs:
           echo "tag_exists=$TAG_EXISTS" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           echo "branch_exists=$BRANCH_EXISTS" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
-          if [ "$TAG_EXISTS" = "true" ] && [ "$BRANCH_EXISTS" = "true" ]; then
-            echo "already_released=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          else
-            echo "already_released=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          fi
+          # Tag and branch may persist across patch releases — never skip
+          echo "already_released=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
       # -- SANITY CHECKS -------------------------------------------------------
       - name: "Sanity: Pre-release validation"