From b3c81356ca17fa90ded8faa96c8e5bbdc16048d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Erick Friis <erick@langchain.dev>
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2024 12:04:41 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] infra: release note compute 2 (#27921)

---
 .github/workflows/_release.yml | 15 ++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/_release.yml b/.github/workflows/_release.yml
index 7eaa9410beb06..6dee08c652d1a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_release.yml
@@ -106,11 +106,16 @@ jobs:
             PREV_TAG=$(git tag --sort=-creatordate | grep -P $REGEX || true | head -1)
           fi
 
-          # confirm prev-tag actually exists in git repo with git tag
-          GIT_TAG_RESULT=$(git tag -l "$PREV_TAG")
-          if [ -z "$GIT_TAG_RESULT" ]; then
-            echo "Previous tag $PREV_TAG not found in git repo"
-            exit 1
+          # if PREV_TAG is empty, let it be empty
+          if [ -z "$PREV_TAG" ]; then
+            echo "No previous tag found - first release"
+          else
+            # confirm prev-tag actually exists in git repo with git tag
+            GIT_TAG_RESULT=$(git tag -l "$PREV_TAG")
+            if [ -z "$GIT_TAG_RESULT" ]; then
+              echo "Previous tag $PREV_TAG not found in git repo"
+              exit 1
+            fi
           fi