From 28f3c0b95bb9e3d7a9abf0fbae2b5d7e6c60732c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jnnsbrr <jannesbr@LT1244.pik-potsdam.de>
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2025 14:08:16 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] improve workflow for actual releases

---
 .github/workflows/release.yml | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 14def83..4df58bf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,14 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         echo "🔍 Checking for version tags in this push to main/master..."
         
+        # Debug: Show recent commits
+        echo "Recent commits:"
+        git log --oneline -5
+        
+        # Debug: Show all tags
+        echo "All tags:"
+        git tag -l | tail -10
+        
         # Check if this push contains a commit with "Version" in the message
         # This indicates a release was created locally and pushed
         if git log --oneline -1 --grep="Version" | grep -q "Version"; then
@@ -56,8 +64,30 @@ jobs:
           fi
         else
           echo "⚠️ No version commit found in this push"
-          echo "should_release=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          exit 0
+          echo "Looking for any commit with 'Version' in the message..."
+          git log --oneline --grep="Version" -10
+          
+          # Fallback: Check if there's a recent tag that might be from this push
+          echo "Checking for recent tags as fallback..."
+          LATEST_TAG=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 2>/dev/null || echo "")
+          if [ -n "$LATEST_TAG" ]; then
+            echo "Found latest tag: $LATEST_TAG"
+            # Check if this tag was created recently (within last 5 commits)
+            if git log --oneline -5 | grep -q "$LATEST_TAG"; then
+              VERSION=${LATEST_TAG#v}
+              echo "version=$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+              echo "tag_name=$LATEST_TAG" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+              echo "✅ Using latest tag as fallback: $LATEST_TAG"
+            else
+              echo "Latest tag is not recent enough"
+              echo "should_release=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+              exit 0
+            fi
+          else
+            echo "No tags found at all"
+            echo "should_release=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            exit 0
+          fi
         fi
 
     - name: Check if release should proceed

From 1c05a6f370e2c05ef5c88b33e5b5a5d85f14c636 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jnnsbrr <jannesbr@LT1244.pik-potsdam.de>
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2025 14:08:37 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Version 1.6.5

---
 CITATION.cff | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index 27c059e..717cc8c 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ cff-version: 1.2.0
 message: If you use this software, please cite it using the metadata from this file.
 type: software
 title: 'pycoupler: dynamic model coupling of LPJmL'
-version: 1.6.4
+version: 1.6.5
 date-released: '2025-09-22'
 abstract: An LPJmL-Python interface for operating LPJmL in a Python environment
   and coupling it with Python models, programmes or simple programming scripts.