From b7acaf323f4ff25bd10c4b2abc0a79a313f770c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MattiasOlla <mattias.olla@bonniernews.se>
Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2026 10:36:39 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Check against NPM instead of git tag when determining if we
 should release a new version

---
 .github/workflows/release.yml | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 5b49210..fc2c13f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -28,8 +28,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Check if package version changed
         id: check_version
         run: |
+          name="$(cat package.json | jq -r '.name')"
           version="v$(cat package.json | jq -r '.version')"
-          if [ $(git tag -l "$version") ]; then
+          if npm view "$name@$version" &> /dev/null; then
             echo "Tag $version already exists."
           else
             echo "version_tag=$version" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
@@ -65,4 +66,4 @@ jobs:
           else
             # For pre-release versions, use the 'next' tag
             npm publish --access public --tag next
-          fi
\ No newline at end of file
+          fi