From b6fdffc4be950ebd141e30dcda98739b073138c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jonathan Miller <1+jmiller@noreply.git.mokoconsulting.tech>
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2026 01:08:46 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] ci: patch bump on same-branch rebuilds, minor only on
 elevation [skip ci]

---
 .mokogitea/workflows/pre-release.yml | 17 ++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.mokogitea/workflows/pre-release.yml b/.mokogitea/workflows/pre-release.yml
index f98bd0c..4736e63 100644
--- a/.mokogitea/workflows/pre-release.yml
+++ b/.mokogitea/workflows/pre-release.yml
@@ -101,10 +101,21 @@ jobs:
             release-candidate)  SUFFIX="-rc";    TAG="release-candidate" ;;
           esac
 
-          # Bump version via CLI: patch for dev/alpha/beta, minor for RC
+          # Bump version: minor only on branch elevation, patch for rebuilds
+          CURRENT=$(php ${MOKO_CLI}/version_read.php --path . 2>/dev/null || echo "00.00.00")
           case "$STABILITY" in
-            release-candidate) BUMP="minor" ;;
-            *)                 BUMP="patch" ;;
+            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
+                BUMP="patch"
+              else
+                BUMP="minor"
+              fi
+              ;;
+            *)
+              BUMP="patch"
+              ;;
           esac
 
           php ${MOKO_CLI}/version_bump.php --path . $([ "$BUMP" = "minor" ] && echo "--minor") 2>/dev/null || true