From 9da7cb8b228d5da922235ae1589c0c82570cdaad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Levi <ltomes@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2026 07:26:13 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] ci: release on every push to master with date-based
 versioning (vYYYY.MM.DD)

---
 .github/workflows/release.yml | 17 +++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index f9606a2..5c4459c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ name: Release
 on:
   push:
     branches: [master]
-    paths:
-      - custom_components/nvidia_shield/manifest.json
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 env:
@@ -24,10 +22,21 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
-      - name: Read version from manifest.json
+      # Date-based versioning: vYYYY.MM.DD.
+      # Priority: an unreleased manifest version wins (bump manifest.json to
+      # force a specific version); otherwise fall back to today's date, so a
+      # plain push to master produces/updates the day's release. The
+      # tag-exists check below dedupes same-day pushes.
+      - name: Determine release version
         id: version
         run: |
-          VERSION=$(jq -r .version custom_components/nvidia_shield/manifest.json)
+          MANIFEST_VERSION=$(jq -r .version custom_components/nvidia_shield/manifest.json)
+          DATE_VERSION=$(date -u +%Y.%m.%d)
+          if git ls-remote --tags origin "refs/tags/v$MANIFEST_VERSION" | grep -q .; then
+            VERSION="$DATE_VERSION"
+          else
+            VERSION="$MANIFEST_VERSION"
+          fi
           echo "version=$VERSION" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           echo "tag=v$VERSION" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"