Help to add suffix non-release tags only

[gabriel-amyot]

How do I need to configure my action to have this tagging when I commit on any branch but master?
Example:
Previous version is v2.2.1
I create a PR, and every commit in the PR should be tagged like this : v2.2.2-dev.0 , v2.2.2-dev.1, v2.2.2-dev.2
Then when I merge the PR to master, I have would like to have : v2.2.2

I'm almost sure this is possible, since I've seen similar stuff on reported issues, but I can find de correct way to configure the action to even add a suffix.
Thank you

[sknuelltt]

Trying do the same pretty much - bump. 🙂

[sknuelltt]

To be more exact, I am trying to do the following:

Let's say the last tag on production is v1.1.0.

Now, we have a release branch with release candidates under test like so: v1.2.0-rc.0, v1.2.0-rc.1, v1.2.0-rc.2, etc.
Assuming there are only PATCH changes to a release candidate, only the number in the end shall be incremented.
The actual release would then be tagged with v1.2.0 of course.

The idea here is to keep a clean semver history for production tags and not to have a jump from v1.1.0 to let's say v1.2.2. And use PATCH releases only for an actual hotfix.

From what I am seeing by testing and also looking at the source code, this behaviour cannot be enforced right now. Since the detected bump will always be used for the prerelease tag.

Example:

1. Current tag: v1.1.0
2. commit with MINOR change on release branch, e.g. "feat: foo" -> pre-release tag set to v1.2.0-rc.0
3. commit with PATCH change on release branch, e.g. "fix: bar" -> pre-release tag set to v1.2.1-rc.0
4. another commit with MINOR change on release branch, e.g. "feat: baz" -> pre-release tag set to v1.3.0-rc.0

I am using the following config right now for testing:

  github_token: ${{ env.GH_TOKEN }}
  pre_release_branches: 'release.*'
  default_prerelease_bump: 'prerelease'
  append_to_pre_release_tag: 'rc'
  dry_run: true

Or am I wrong and the desired behaviour can be achieved?