From 9816484b6d07b2e234e2ca5672e5a5a44845c689 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Luke Hagar <lukeslakemail@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2025 17:42:14 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Update release workflow to use jq for JSON parsing of latest
 GitHub release version, ensuring reliable extraction and handling of null
 values.

---
 .github/workflows/release.yml | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index c4264a2..f276aaf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -62,15 +62,15 @@ jobs:
         id: version-check
         shell: bash
         run: |
-          # Get the latest GitHub release version
-          LATEST_RELEASE=$(curl -s "https://api.github.com/repos/${{ github.repository }}/releases/latest" | node -p "JSON.parse(require('fs').readFileSync('/dev/stdin', 'utf8')).tag_name" 2>/dev/null || echo "")
+          # Get the latest GitHub release version using jq for reliable JSON parsing
+          LATEST_RELEASE=$(curl -s "https://api.github.com/repos/${{ github.repository }}/releases/latest" | jq -r '.tag_name // empty' 2>/dev/null || echo "")
           CURRENT_VERSION="${{ steps.current-version.outputs.version }}"
           
           echo "Latest release: $LATEST_RELEASE"
           echo "Current version: $CURRENT_VERSION"
           
           # Remove 'v' prefix from release tag for comparison
-          if [ -n "$LATEST_RELEASE" ]; then
+          if [ -n "$LATEST_RELEASE" ] && [ "$LATEST_RELEASE" != "null" ]; then
             LATEST_VERSION=$(echo "$LATEST_RELEASE" | sed 's/^v//')
           else
             LATEST_VERSION="0.0.0"