Add option to sort via semver before determin latest tag (#146)

src/index.test.ts

@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ describe('index', () => {
     const git = getMockedGit();
     const forge = getMockedForged();
 
-    const latestTag = '2.0.1';
-    const tags = ['1.0.3', latestTag];
+    const latestTag = '1.0.4';
+    const tags = ['1.0.3', '2.0.1', latestTag];
     vi.spyOn(git, 'tags').mockImplementation(() => mockSimpleGitResponse({ all: tags, latest: latestTag }));
 
     const commits = [

src/index.ts

@@ -78,13 +78,19 @@ export async function run({ git, forge, config }: { git: SimpleGit; forge: Forge
   }
 
   const tags = await git.tags(['--sort=-creatordate']);
+  let latestTag = tags.latest;
 
-  if (!tags.latest && tags.all.length > 0) {
+  if (tags.all.length > 0 && config.user.sortTags) {
+    const sortedTags = semver.rsort(tags.all.filter((tag) => semver.valid(tag)));
+    latestTag = sortedTags[0];
+  }
+
+  if (!latestTag && tags.all.length > 0) {
     console.log(c.yellow('# Latest tag not found, but tags exist, skipping.'));
     return;
   }
 
-  const latestTag = tags.latest || '0.0.0';
+  latestTag = latestTag || '0.0.0';
   if (tags.latest) {
     console.log('# Lastest tag is:', c.green(latestTag));
   } else {
@@ -101,7 +107,7 @@ export async function run({ git, forge, config }: { git: SimpleGit; forge: Forge
         },
   );
 
-  // if the lastest tag is an RC and the next version should be the actual release,
+  // if the latest tag is an RC and the next version should be the actual release,
   // we need to include all commits since the last non RC version and the release branch
   if (semver.prerelease(latestTag) !== null && !shouldBeRC) {
     const latestNonRCTags = tags.all

src/utils/config.ts

@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ export const defaultUserConfig: UserConfig = {
   skipLabels: ['skip-release', 'skip-changelog', 'regression'],
   skipCommitsWithoutPullRequest: true,
   commentOnReleasedPullRequests: true,
+  sortTags: true,
 };
 
 export async function getConfig(): Promise<Config> {

src/utils/types.ts

@@ -108,6 +108,12 @@ export type UserConfig = Partial<{
    * @default true
    */
   commentOnReleasedPullRequests: boolean;
+
+  /**
+   * Run semver sort over tags before detecting latest tag
+   * @default true
+   */
+  sortTags: boolean;
 }>;
 
 export const defineConfig = (config: UserConfig) => config;