From 63dc802ded383a6681ad08562ca1eeccfdebfa38 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeff Carr <jcarr@wit.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2025 14:52:13 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] add tag check to doRelease()

---
 doRelease.go      | 10 ++++++++++
 findNext.go       |  3 +--
 prepareRelease.go |  4 +++-
 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doRelease.go b/doRelease.go
index 047ac8e..7ce89ec 100644
--- a/doRelease.go
+++ b/doRelease.go
@@ -57,6 +57,16 @@ func doRelease() error {
 		check.Reload()
 		return fmt.Errorf("already released %s", check.GetGoPath())
 	}
+
+	// check if the git tag already exists somehow
+	testtag := me.release.version.String()
+	if check.LocalTagExists(testtag) {
+		log.Info("TAG ALREADY EXISTS", testtag)
+		return log.Errorf("%s TAG ALREADY EXISTS %s", check.FullPath, testtag)
+	} else {
+		log.Info("TAG IS NEW", testtag)
+	}
+
 	if me.forge.Config.IsPrivate(me.current.GetGoPath()) {
 		// do not self update private repos
 		log.Info("This is a private repo.")
diff --git a/findNext.go b/findNext.go
index 1389168..6c6b6b8 100644
--- a/findNext.go
+++ b/findNext.go
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-// This is a simple example
 package main
 
 import (
@@ -116,6 +115,7 @@ func findNext() bool {
 		setCurrentRepo(check, "should be good to release", "pretty sure")
 		return true
 	}
+
 	if findCounter == 0 {
 		log.Info("NOTHING TO UPDATE. findCounter =", findCounter, "found len =", me.found.Len())
 		if me.found.Len() == 0 {
@@ -159,7 +159,6 @@ func setCurrentRepo(check *gitpb.Repo, s string, note string) bool {
 	me.release.status.SetText(s)
 	me.release.notes.SetText(note)
 	// me.release.openrepo.Enable()
-
 	return true
 }
 
diff --git a/prepareRelease.go b/prepareRelease.go
index 3055c88..c447ff9 100644
--- a/prepareRelease.go
+++ b/prepareRelease.go
@@ -227,7 +227,9 @@ func rePrepareRelease() {
 	for repo := range me.found.IterAll() {
 		if repo.CurrentBranchName != repo.MasterBranchName {
 			log.Info("repo not on master branch", repo.FullPath)
-			os.Exit(-1)
+			if !argv.Force {
+				os.Exit(-1)
+			}
 		}
 	}
 }