try to verify the tag is greater than the past tags

currentVersions.go

@@ -246,15 +246,19 @@ func normalizeVersion(s string) string {
 }
 
 // golang doesn't seem to really support v0.1 and seems to want v0.1.0
-// todo: confirm this
+// TODO: confirm this. (as of Dec 2024, this appears to be the case -- jcarr )
+//
+//	personally I hope GO stays with the vX.X.X version scheme. it's a good system.
+//
+// if the version is "57", convert it to v0.0.57 for GO
 func splitVersion(version string) (a, b, c string) {
 	tmp := normalizeVersion(version)
 	parts := strings.Split(tmp, ".")
 	switch len(parts) {
 	case 1:
-		return parts[0], "", ""
+		return "", "", parts[0] // converts someone using version "57" to "v0.0.57"
 	case 2:
-		return parts[0], parts[1], ""
+		return parts[0], parts[1], "" // converts someone using version "1.2" to "v1.2.0"
 	default:
 		return parts[0], parts[1], parts[2]
 	}
@@ -281,8 +285,26 @@ func (repo *Repo) IncrementTargetMinor() {
 }
 
 // changes the target revision. v0.1.3 becomes v0.1.4
-func (repo *Repo) IncrementTargetRevision() {
+func (repo *Repo) IncrementTargetRevision() bool {
-	lasttag := repo.GetLastTag()
+	// first try just going from the last tag
+	repo.incrementRevision(repo.GetLastTag())
+
+	if verifyNewerVersion(repo.GetMasterVersion(), repo.GetTargetVersion()) {
+		log.Info("master version() is higher than target version", repo.GetMasterVersion(), repo.GetTargetVersion())
+		repo.incrementRevision(repo.GetMasterVersion())
+	}
+	if verifyNewerVersion(repo.GetLastTag(), repo.GetTargetVersion()) {
+		log.Info("last tag versn() is higher than target version", repo.GetLastTag(), repo.GetTargetVersion())
+		return false
+	}
+	if verifyNewerVersion(repo.GetMasterVersion(), repo.GetTargetVersion()) {
+		log.Info("master version() is higher than target version", repo.GetMasterVersion(), repo.GetTargetVersion())
+		return false
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
+func (repo *Repo) incrementRevision(lasttag string) {
 	var major, minor, revision string
 	major, minor, revision = splitVersion(lasttag)
 
@@ -298,3 +320,27 @@ func (repo *Repo) IncrementTargetRevision() {
 
 	repo.SetTargetVersion("v" + newa + "." + newb + "." + newc)
 }
+
+// makes sure the new target version to be released is greater
+// than the current master version
+// this is just a sanity check, but this can actually fail sometimes
+// if other things failed terribly in prior cases
+// gitpb v.3.1.4
+// A = major = 3
+// B = minor = 1
+// C = revision = 4
+func verifyNewerVersion(oldver, newver string) bool {
+	olda, oldb, oldc := splitVersion(oldver)
+	newa, newb, newc := splitVersion(newver)
+
+	if newa < olda {
+		return false
+	}
+	if newb < oldb {
+		return false
+	}
+	if newc <= oldc {
+		return false
+	}
+	return true
+}