From c0320810af65ce06b9bd96d84d740766103d7a03 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2026 13:41:01 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 01/10] Initial plan


From 6e7a9b752d90b940695b4f6bcad8808eb52001a0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2026 13:43:00 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 02/10] Add automatic release CI workflow with patch version
 bumping

Co-authored-by: supervoidcoder <88671013+supervoidcoder@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 .github/workflows/release.yml | 137 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 137 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/release.yml

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..15a337a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+name: Release Build
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+
+jobs:
+  build-and-release:
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0  # Fetch all history for proper versioning
+      
+      - name: Setup MSVC
+        uses: ilammy/msvc-dev-cmd@v1
+
+      - name: Get latest release tag
+        id: get_latest_tag
+        shell: pwsh
+        run: |
+          # Get the latest tag that matches semantic versioning pattern
+          $tags = git tag -l "v*.*.*" | Sort-Object -Descending
+          if ($tags) {
+            $latestTag = $tags[0]
+            Write-Output "Latest tag: $latestTag"
+            Write-Output "latest_tag=$latestTag" >> $env:GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          } else {
+            Write-Output "No existing tags found, starting from v0.0.0"
+            Write-Output "latest_tag=v0.0.0" >> $env:GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          }
+
+      - name: Determine next version
+        id: next_version
+        shell: pwsh
+        run: |
+          $latestTag = "${{ steps.get_latest_tag.outputs.latest_tag }}"
+          
+          # Parse version (remove 'v' prefix)
+          if ($latestTag -match 'v?(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)') {
+            $major = [int]$Matches[1]
+            $minor = [int]$Matches[2]
+            $patch = [int]$Matches[3]
+            
+            # Increment patch version
+            $patch = $patch + 1
+            
+            $newVersion = "v$major.$minor.$patch"
+            Write-Output "Next version: $newVersion"
+            Write-Output "version=$newVersion" >> $env:GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            Write-Output "version_number=$major.$minor.$patch" >> $env:GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          } else {
+            Write-Output "Could not parse version, defaulting to v0.0.1"
+            Write-Output "version=v0.0.1" >> $env:GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            Write-Output "version_number=0.0.1" >> $env:GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          }
+
+      - name: Parse commit message for release notes
+        id: parse_commit
+        shell: pwsh
+        run: |
+          $commitMsg = git log -1 --pretty=%B
+          $commitSubject = git log -1 --pretty=%s
+          $commitBody = git log -1 --pretty=%b
+          
+          # Create release notes
+          $releaseNotes = "## Changes`n`n"
+          
+          # Parse commit type (fix, feat, docs, etc.)
+          if ($commitSubject -match '^(fix|feat|docs|style|refactor|test|chore|perf|ci|build|revert)(\(.+\))?:\s*(.+)$') {
+            $type = $Matches[1]
+            $description = $Matches[3]
+            
+            $typeLabel = switch ($type) {
+              'fix' { '🐛 Fix' }
+              'feat' { '✨ Feature' }
+              'docs' { '📚 Documentation' }
+              'style' { '💄 Style' }
+              'refactor' { '♻️ Refactor' }
+              'test' { '✅ Test' }
+              'chore' { '🔧 Chore' }
+              'perf' { '⚡ Performance' }
+              'ci' { '👷 CI' }
+              'build' { '📦 Build' }
+              'revert' { '⏪ Revert' }
+              default { '📝 Update' }
+            }
+            
+            $releaseNotes += "**$typeLabel**: $description`n"
+          } else {
+            # If not following conventional commits, just use the subject
+            $releaseNotes += "$commitSubject`n"
+          }
+          
+          # Add commit body if present
+          if ($commitBody.Trim() -ne "") {
+            $releaseNotes += "`n$commitBody`n"
+          }
+          
+          # Add commit SHA
+          $commitSha = git rev-parse --short HEAD
+          $releaseNotes += "`n---`n*Commit: $commitSha*"
+          
+          # Save to output (escape for GitHub Actions)
+          $releaseNotes = $releaseNotes -replace '"', '\"'
+          $releaseNotes = $releaseNotes -replace "`n", "\n"
+          Write-Output "notes=$releaseNotes" >> $env:GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Compile with MSVC
+        run: |
+          cl /O2 /Ot /GL /std:c++20 /EHsc main.cpp /DUNICODE /D_UNICODE /Fe:win-witr.exe
+        
+      - name: Create Release
+        id: create_release
+        uses: actions/create-release@v1
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          tag_name: ${{ steps.next_version.outputs.version }}
+          release_name: Release ${{ steps.next_version.outputs.version }}
+          body: ${{ steps.parse_commit.outputs.notes }}
+          draft: false
+          prerelease: false
+
+      - name: Upload Release Asset
+        uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          upload_url: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.upload_url }}
+          asset_path: ./win-witr.exe
+          asset_name: win-witr.exe
+          asset_content_type: application/x-msdownload

From 94e6c2acdb055ed3a208012f7332060f743d2cbf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2026 13:44:10 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 03/10] Update release workflow to use modern GitHub release
 action

Co-authored-by: supervoidcoder <88671013+supervoidcoder@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 .github/workflows/release.yml | 42 +++++++++++++----------------------
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 15a337a..0881f8c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0  # Fetch all history for proper versioning
-      
+
       - name: Setup MSVC
         uses: ilammy/msvc-dev-cmd@v1
 
@@ -39,16 +39,16 @@ jobs:
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
           $latestTag = "${{ steps.get_latest_tag.outputs.latest_tag }}"
-          
+
           # Parse version (remove 'v' prefix)
           if ($latestTag -match 'v?(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)') {
             $major = [int]$Matches[1]
             $minor = [int]$Matches[2]
             $patch = [int]$Matches[3]
-            
+
             # Increment patch version
             $patch = $patch + 1
-            
+
             $newVersion = "v$major.$minor.$patch"
             Write-Output "Next version: $newVersion"
             Write-Output "version=$newVersion" >> $env:GITHUB_OUTPUT
@@ -66,15 +66,15 @@ jobs:
           $commitMsg = git log -1 --pretty=%B
           $commitSubject = git log -1 --pretty=%s
           $commitBody = git log -1 --pretty=%b
-          
+
           # Create release notes
           $releaseNotes = "## Changes`n`n"
-          
+
           # Parse commit type (fix, feat, docs, etc.)
           if ($commitSubject -match '^(fix|feat|docs|style|refactor|test|chore|perf|ci|build|revert)(\(.+\))?:\s*(.+)$') {
             $type = $Matches[1]
             $description = $Matches[3]
-            
+
             $typeLabel = switch ($type) {
               'fix' { '🐛 Fix' }
               'feat' { '✨ Feature' }
@@ -89,22 +89,22 @@ jobs:
               'revert' { '⏪ Revert' }
               default { '📝 Update' }
             }
-            
+
             $releaseNotes += "**$typeLabel**: $description`n"
           } else {
             # If not following conventional commits, just use the subject
             $releaseNotes += "$commitSubject`n"
           }
-          
+
           # Add commit body if present
           if ($commitBody.Trim() -ne "") {
             $releaseNotes += "`n$commitBody`n"
           }
-          
+
           # Add commit SHA
           $commitSha = git rev-parse --short HEAD
           $releaseNotes += "`n---`n*Commit: $commitSha*"
-          
+
           # Save to output (escape for GitHub Actions)
           $releaseNotes = $releaseNotes -replace '"', '\"'
           $releaseNotes = $releaseNotes -replace "`n", "\n"
@@ -113,25 +113,15 @@ jobs:
       - name: Compile with MSVC
         run: |
           cl /O2 /Ot /GL /std:c++20 /EHsc main.cpp /DUNICODE /D_UNICODE /Fe:win-witr.exe
-        
-      - name: Create Release
-        id: create_release
-        uses: actions/create-release@v1
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Create Release and Upload Asset
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
         with:
           tag_name: ${{ steps.next_version.outputs.version }}
-          release_name: Release ${{ steps.next_version.outputs.version }}
+          name: Release ${{ steps.next_version.outputs.version }}
           body: ${{ steps.parse_commit.outputs.notes }}
+          files: win-witr.exe
           draft: false
           prerelease: false
-
-      - name: Upload Release Asset
-        uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        with:
-          upload_url: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.upload_url }}
-          asset_path: ./win-witr.exe
-          asset_name: win-witr.exe
-          asset_content_type: application/x-msdownload

From fcbfb0c512eead7a38c71ebd10984d0b7a40a22b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2026 13:45:20 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 04/10] fix: improve semantic version sorting and commit
 message escaping

Co-authored-by: supervoidcoder <88671013+supervoidcoder@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 .github/workflows/release.yml | 24 ++++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 0881f8c..dcd1d2d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -24,9 +24,20 @@ jobs:
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
           # Get the latest tag that matches semantic versioning pattern
-          $tags = git tag -l "v*.*.*" | Sort-Object -Descending
+          $tags = git tag -l "v*.*.*"
           if ($tags) {
-            $latestTag = $tags[0]
+            # Parse and sort tags by semantic version
+            $sortedTags = $tags | ForEach-Object {
+              if ($_ -match 'v?(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)') {
+                [PSCustomObject]@{
+                  Tag = $_
+                  Major = [int]$Matches[1]
+                  Minor = [int]$Matches[2]
+                  Patch = [int]$Matches[3]
+                }
+              }
+            } | Sort-Object -Property Major, Minor, Patch -Descending
+            $latestTag = $sortedTags[0].Tag
             Write-Output "Latest tag: $latestTag"
             Write-Output "latest_tag=$latestTag" >> $env:GITHUB_OUTPUT
           } else {
@@ -105,10 +116,11 @@ jobs:
           $commitSha = git rev-parse --short HEAD
           $releaseNotes += "`n---`n*Commit: $commitSha*"
 
-          # Save to output (escape for GitHub Actions)
-          $releaseNotes = $releaseNotes -replace '"', '\"'
-          $releaseNotes = $releaseNotes -replace "`n", "\n"
-          Write-Output "notes=$releaseNotes" >> $env:GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          # Save to output using multiline string with proper escaping
+          $delimiter = "EOF_$(Get-Random)"
+          Write-Output "notes<<$delimiter" >> $env:GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          Write-Output $releaseNotes >> $env:GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          Write-Output $delimiter >> $env:GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       - name: Compile with MSVC
         run: |

From 6242eda6742d346eaaad5929686b35b31571f9a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2026 13:46:26 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 05/10] docs: add documentation about automatic release
 workflow

Co-authored-by: supervoidcoder <88671013+supervoidcoder@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 README.md | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index befa155..6980e5f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,6 +13,27 @@ While this is inspired by that project, this does not contain any actual code fr
 
 when this is done I will submit this to winget!!
 
+## Automatic Releases
+
+This project uses GitHub Actions to automatically compile and release new versions on every commit to the main branch.
+
+**How it works:**
+- Every commit to `main` automatically triggers a build and release
+- The release version is automatically incremented at the patch level (e.g., v0.1.0 → v0.1.1, v0.0.5 → v0.0.6)
+- Release notes are generated from commit messages
+  - If you use [conventional commits](https://www.conventionalcommits.org/) (e.g., `fix: bug description`, `feat: new feature`), the release notes will be nicely formatted with emojis
+  - Otherwise, the commit message is used as-is
+- The compiled binary (`win-witr.exe`) is attached to each release
+- Only patch versions are auto-released; major (1.0, 2.0) and minor (0.1, 0.2) releases are done manually
+
+**Compilation flags:**
+The automatic builds use Microsoft's C++ compiler (MSVC) with:
+- `/O2` - Maximum optimization for speed
+- `/Ot` - Favor fast code
+- `/GL` - Whole program optimization
+- `/DUNICODE` and `/D_UNICODE` - Unicode support
+- `/std:c++20` - C++20 standard
+
 **Why C++?**
 
 - I don't know crap about Go

From 51b2b5b7c9a031e9d6309f39d34d57ebe09c079b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2026 13:48:40 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 06/10] refactor: optimize git operations and improve tag
 pattern matching

Co-authored-by: supervoidcoder <88671013+supervoidcoder@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 .github/workflows/release.yml | 16 +++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index dcd1d2d..aa52053 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
           # Get the latest tag that matches semantic versioning pattern
-          $tags = git tag -l "v*.*.*"
+          $tags = git tag -l "v[0-9]*.[0-9]*.[0-9]*"
           if ($tags) {
             # Parse and sort tags by semantic version
             $sortedTags = $tags | ForEach-Object {
@@ -74,9 +74,11 @@ jobs:
         id: parse_commit
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
+          # Get commit information in a single call
           $commitMsg = git log -1 --pretty=%B
-          $commitSubject = git log -1 --pretty=%s
-          $commitBody = git log -1 --pretty=%b
+          $commitSubject = $commitMsg.Split("`n")[0]
+          $commitBodyLines = $commitMsg.Split("`n") | Select-Object -Skip 1
+          $commitBody = ($commitBodyLines -join "`n").Trim()
 
           # Create release notes
           $releaseNotes = "## Changes`n`n"
@@ -107,8 +109,12 @@ jobs:
             $releaseNotes += "$commitSubject`n"
           }
 
-          # Add commit body if present
-          if ($commitBody.Trim() -ne "") {
+          # Add commit body if present (with length limit)
+          if ($commitBody -ne "") {
+            $maxBodyLength = 1000
+            if ($commitBody.Length -gt $maxBodyLength) {
+              $commitBody = $commitBody.Substring(0, $maxBodyLength) + "..."
+            }
             $releaseNotes += "`n$commitBody`n"
           }
 

From 0f33994bbc3d4007b556da80e20888ec02bd9747 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2026 13:53:32 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 07/10] fix: only release on PR merge with source changes and
 successful build

Co-authored-by: supervoidcoder <88671013+supervoidcoder@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 .github/workflows/release.yml | 51 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 README.md                     |  8 ++++--
 2 files changed, 56 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index aa52053..7a34dbd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 name: Release Build
 
 on:
-  push:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [closed]
     branches:
       - main
 
@@ -10,16 +11,47 @@ permissions:
 
 jobs:
   build-and-release:
+    # Only run if PR was merged (not just closed) and source files changed
+    if: github.event.pull_request.merged == true
     runs-on: windows-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0  # Fetch all history for proper versioning
 
+      - name: Check if source files changed
+        id: check_files
+        shell: pwsh
+        run: |
+          # Get list of changed files in the merged PR
+          $changedFiles = git diff --name-only HEAD~1 HEAD
+          Write-Output "Changed files:"
+          Write-Output $changedFiles
+
+          # Check if any C++ source files changed
+          $sourceChanged = $false
+          foreach ($file in $changedFiles) {
+            if ($file -match '\.(cpp|h|hpp|c|cc|cxx)$') {
+              $sourceChanged = $true
+              Write-Output "Source file changed: $file"
+              break
+            }
+          }
+
+          if ($sourceChanged) {
+            Write-Output "should_release=true" >> $env:GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            Write-Output "Source files changed - will proceed with release"
+          } else {
+            Write-Output "should_release=false" >> $env:GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            Write-Output "No source files changed - skipping release"
+          }
+
       - name: Setup MSVC
+        if: steps.check_files.outputs.should_release == 'true'
         uses: ilammy/msvc-dev-cmd@v1
 
       - name: Get latest release tag
+        if: steps.check_files.outputs.should_release == 'true'
         id: get_latest_tag
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
@@ -46,6 +78,7 @@ jobs:
           }
 
       - name: Determine next version
+        if: steps.check_files.outputs.should_release == 'true'
         id: next_version
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
@@ -71,6 +104,7 @@ jobs:
           }
 
       - name: Parse commit message for release notes
+        if: steps.check_files.outputs.should_release == 'true'
         id: parse_commit
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
@@ -129,10 +163,25 @@ jobs:
           Write-Output $delimiter >> $env:GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       - name: Compile with MSVC
+        if: steps.check_files.outputs.should_release == 'true'
+        id: compile
+        shell: pwsh
         run: |
+          # Compile and capture exit code
           cl /O2 /Ot /GL /std:c++20 /EHsc main.cpp /DUNICODE /D_UNICODE /Fe:win-witr.exe
+          $exitCode = $LASTEXITCODE
+
+          if ($exitCode -eq 0) {
+            Write-Output "Compilation successful"
+            Write-Output "compile_success=true" >> $env:GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          } else {
+            Write-Output "Compilation failed with exit code: $exitCode"
+            Write-Output "compile_success=false" >> $env:GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            exit 1
+          }
 
       - name: Create Release and Upload Asset
+        if: steps.check_files.outputs.should_release == 'true' && steps.compile.outputs.compile_success == 'true'
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
         with:
           tag_name: ${{ steps.next_version.outputs.version }}
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6980e5f..67cc3c2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,10 +15,14 @@ when this is done I will submit this to winget!!
 
 ## Automatic Releases
 
-This project uses GitHub Actions to automatically compile and release new versions on every commit to the main branch.
+This project uses GitHub Actions to automatically compile and release new versions when PRs are merged to the main branch.
 
 **How it works:**
-- Every commit to `main` automatically triggers a build and release
+- Releases are triggered when a PR is merged to `main` (not on every push)
+- Only releases if C++ source files (`.cpp`, `.h`, `.hpp`, etc.) were changed
+  - README-only changes or other non-code changes won't trigger a release
+- The build must compile successfully before creating a release
+  - If compilation fails, no release is created
 - The release version is automatically incremented at the patch level (e.g., v0.1.0 → v0.1.1, v0.0.5 → v0.0.6)
 - Release notes are generated from commit messages
   - If you use [conventional commits](https://www.conventionalcommits.org/) (e.g., `fix: bug description`, `feat: new feature`), the release notes will be nicely formatted with emojis

From e74b1c42ae7fd0d0cba6e8b0e18e4128859be998 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2026 13:55:21 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 08/10] fix: improve PR file detection and revert README
 changes

Co-authored-by: supervoidcoder <88671013+supervoidcoder@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 .github/workflows/release.yml |  3 ++-
 README.md                     | 25 -------------------------
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 7a34dbd..a3c4203 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
         shell: pwsh
         run: |
           # Get list of changed files in the merged PR
-          $changedFiles = git diff --name-only HEAD~1 HEAD
+          $changedFiles = git diff --name-only ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }} ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
           Write-Output "Changed files:"
           Write-Output $changedFiles
 
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ jobs:
           } else {
             Write-Output "Compilation failed with exit code: $exitCode"
             Write-Output "compile_success=false" >> $env:GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            Write-Error "Build failed - release will be skipped"
             exit 1
           }
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 67cc3c2..befa155 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,31 +13,6 @@ While this is inspired by that project, this does not contain any actual code fr
 
 when this is done I will submit this to winget!!
 
-## Automatic Releases
-
-This project uses GitHub Actions to automatically compile and release new versions when PRs are merged to the main branch.
-
-**How it works:**
-- Releases are triggered when a PR is merged to `main` (not on every push)
-- Only releases if C++ source files (`.cpp`, `.h`, `.hpp`, etc.) were changed
-  - README-only changes or other non-code changes won't trigger a release
-- The build must compile successfully before creating a release
-  - If compilation fails, no release is created
-- The release version is automatically incremented at the patch level (e.g., v0.1.0 → v0.1.1, v0.0.5 → v0.0.6)
-- Release notes are generated from commit messages
-  - If you use [conventional commits](https://www.conventionalcommits.org/) (e.g., `fix: bug description`, `feat: new feature`), the release notes will be nicely formatted with emojis
-  - Otherwise, the commit message is used as-is
-- The compiled binary (`win-witr.exe`) is attached to each release
-- Only patch versions are auto-released; major (1.0, 2.0) and minor (0.1, 0.2) releases are done manually
-
-**Compilation flags:**
-The automatic builds use Microsoft's C++ compiler (MSVC) with:
-- `/O2` - Maximum optimization for speed
-- `/Ot` - Favor fast code
-- `/GL` - Whole program optimization
-- `/DUNICODE` and `/D_UNICODE` - Unicode support
-- `/std:c++20` - C++20 standard
-
 **Why C++?**
 
 - I don't know crap about Go

From 316a4245fb4654e4be6860b835050923784fe57c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2026 14:02:35 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 09/10] fix: fail workflow on version parse error, mark
 releases as prerelease, update release name

Co-authored-by: supervoidcoder <88671013+supervoidcoder@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 .github/workflows/release.yml | 9 ++++-----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index a3c4203..b176feb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -98,9 +98,8 @@ jobs:
             Write-Output "version=$newVersion" >> $env:GITHUB_OUTPUT
             Write-Output "version_number=$major.$minor.$patch" >> $env:GITHUB_OUTPUT
           } else {
-            Write-Output "Could not parse version, defaulting to v0.0.1"
-            Write-Output "version=v0.0.1" >> $env:GITHUB_OUTPUT
-            Write-Output "version_number=0.0.1" >> $env:GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            Write-Error "Could not parse version from tag: $latestTag"
+            exit 1
           }
 
       - name: Parse commit message for release notes
@@ -186,10 +185,10 @@ jobs:
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
         with:
           tag_name: ${{ steps.next_version.outputs.version }}
-          name: Release ${{ steps.next_version.outputs.version }}
+          name: Release win-witr ${{ steps.next_version.outputs.version }}
           body: ${{ steps.parse_commit.outputs.notes }}
           files: win-witr.exe
           draft: false
-          prerelease: false
+          prerelease: true
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

From a81a2654fe4377b4809bf9df480fff058d01526d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "copilot-swe-agent[bot]" <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2026 14:19:23 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 10/10] fix: add concurrency control to prevent duplicate
 release tag collisions

Co-authored-by: supervoidcoder <88671013+supervoidcoder@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 .github/workflows/release.yml | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index b176feb..62a581c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ jobs:
     # Only run if PR was merged (not just closed) and source files changed
     if: github.event.pull_request.merged == true
     runs-on: windows-latest
+    concurrency:
+      group: 'release-${{ github.ref }}'
+      cancel-in-progress: false
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with: