Patch release workflow

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           set -e  # Fail on first error
 
-          # Extract the latest tag, or default to v1.0.0 if no tags exist
-          latest_tag=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 2>/dev/null)
+          # Extract the latest tag
+          latest_tag=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)
           echo "Latest tag: $latest_tag"
           echo "latest_tag=$latest_tag" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
@@ -45,11 +45,16 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           set -e  # Fail on first error
 
-          while git rev-parse "refs/tags/${{ env.new_tag }}" >/dev/null 2>&1; do
-            echo "Tag ${{ env.new_tag }} already exists."
+          new_tag="${{ env.new_tag }}"
+          while git rev-parse "refs/tags/${new_tag}" >/dev/null 2>&1; do
+            echo "Tag $new_tag already exists."
 
             # Increment the patch version
-            new_patch=$((new_patch + 1))
+            IFS='.' read -r -a parts <<< "${new_tag//v/}"
+            major=${parts[0]}
+            minor=${parts[1]}
+            patch=${parts[2]}
+            new_patch=$((patch + 1))
             new_tag="v$major.$minor.$new_patch"
             echo "New incremented tag: $new_tag"
           done