From c1696bce41ceeea28e146a6a78d773b8d539b40c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jonathan Miller <jmiller-moko@noreply.git.mokoconsulting.tech>
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2026 20:34:21 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix(ci): detect rebuild by branch name not version suffix
 [skip ci]

---
 .mokogitea/workflows/pre-release.yml | 7 +++----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.mokogitea/workflows/pre-release.yml b/.mokogitea/workflows/pre-release.yml
index 4736e639..ec424e64 100644
--- a/.mokogitea/workflows/pre-release.yml
+++ b/.mokogitea/workflows/pre-release.yml
@@ -102,12 +102,11 @@ jobs:
           esac
 
           # Bump version: minor only on branch elevation, patch for rebuilds
-          CURRENT=$(php ${MOKO_CLI}/version_read.php --path . 2>/dev/null || echo "00.00.00")
+          # Check branch name — if already on the target stability branch, it's a rebuild
+          BRANCH="${{ github.ref_name }}"
           case "$STABILITY" in
             release-candidate)
-              # If already on RC suffix, this is a rebuild — patch bump
-              # If not (e.g. coming from dev), this is an elevation — minor bump
-              if echo "$CURRENT" | grep -q '\-rc$'; then
+              if [ "$BRANCH" = "rc" ]; then
                 BUMP="patch"
               else
                 BUMP="minor"