From 28915e862add0c5fdbaf3c735be9779a76bc5545 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Adam J. Jackson" <a.j.jackson@physics.org>
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2024 16:22:44 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Write version _number_ to CITATION.cff

While the version is generally represented as e.g. v1.4.0.post1,
in CITATION.cff the usual style is to omit the "v" and our existing
release.py script assumes this.

Solve the problem by tweaking the version-number-writing action.
---
 .github/workflows/set_version.yml | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/set_version.yml b/.github/workflows/set_version.yml
index 5bbf42c24..2e734e9b5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/set_version.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/set_version.yml
@@ -23,11 +23,13 @@ jobs:
           import os
           from packaging.version import Version
 
-          version_string = 'v' + str(Version("${{ inputs.version }}"))
+          version_number = str(Version("${{ inputs.version }}"))
+          version_string = 'v' + version_number
 
           print(f"Normalised version string: {version_string}")
 
           with open(os.environ["GITHUB_ENV"], "a") as github_env:
+              print(f"VERSION_NUMBER={version_number}", file=github_env)
               print(f"VERSION_STRING={version_string}", file=github_env)
 
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -45,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: "Update CITATION.cff"
         shell: bash -l {0}
         run: |
-          sed -i "s/^version:\ .*/version: ${VERSION_STRING}/" CITATION.cff
+          sed -i "s/^version:\ .*/version: ${VERSION_NUMBER}/" CITATION.cff
           sed -i "s/^date-released:\ .*/date-released: $(date -I)/" CITATION.cff
 
       - name: "Create commit"