attempt to fix release tag with branch

Author: mikecarr

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: Build and Release
 on:
   push:
     tags:
-      - 'v*.*.*'  # Trigger on semantic versioning tags
+      - 'v*.*.*'  # This triggers the workflow on tags following semantic versioning
 
 jobs:
   build:
@@ -24,19 +24,6 @@ jobs:
         id: vars
         run: echo "VERSION=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
-      - name: Determine Branch
-        id: determine_branch
-        run: |
-          # Find the branch that contains the commit
-          if git branch -r --contains $GITHUB_SHA | grep "origin/master"; then
-            BRANCH_NAME="master"
-          elif git branch -r --contains $GITHUB_SHA | grep "origin/next"; then
-            BRANCH_NAME="next"
-          else
-            BRANCH_NAME="unknown"
-          fi
-          echo "BRANCH_NAME=$BRANCH_NAME" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
@@ -46,12 +33,25 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
 
+      - name: Create Release
+        id: create_release
+        run: |
+          if [[ "${GITHUB_REF}" == "refs/tags/v"* ]]; then
+            TAG_NAME=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}
+            if [[ "${GITHUB_REF}" == "refs/tags/v"* ]]; then
+              echo "Creating release for tag $TAG_NAME"
+              echo "GITHUB_REF=$GITHUB_REF" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+            fi
+          else
+            echo "Not a valid tag, skipping release creation."
+            exit 0
+          fi
+
       - name: Upload Package to Release
-        if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')  # Run this step if the tag starts with 'v'
+        if: steps.create_release.outputs.tag_name != ''
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
         with:
-          tag_name: ${{ env.VERSION }}-${{ env.BRANCH_NAME }}  # Tag to create release
-          name: Release ${{ env.VERSION }} from branch ${{ env.BRANCH_NAME }}  # Correct input 'name' for release title
+          tag_name: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.tag_name }}
           files: |
             dist/*
         env: