From 6e7d910ffc0d800d47d9a30f0e3ca6267ef313da Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robin <midouesterner@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2025 10:19:04 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] publish pre-release

---
 .github/workflows/publish.yaml | 16 +++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yaml b/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
index 6e2beb2..9817094 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
@@ -49,7 +49,21 @@ jobs:
           cache: yarn
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: yarn install --frozen-lockfile
+      - name: Determine release type
+        id: release_type
+        run: |
+          VERSION=$(node -p "require('./package.json').version")
+          echo "Version: $VERSION"
+          MINOR=$(echo $VERSION | cut -d. -f2)
+          echo "Minor: $MINOR"
+          if [ $((MINOR % 2)) -eq 1 ]; then
+            echo "Publishing as pre-release"
+            echo "prerelease_flag=--pre-release" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          else
+            echo "Publishing as stable release"
+            echo "prerelease_flag=" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          fi
       - name: Package extension
         run: npx vsce package --yarn
       - name: Publish to VSCode Marketplace
-        run: npx vsce publish --yarn -p ${{ secrets.VSCE_PAT }}
+        run: npx vsce publish --yarn ${{ steps.release_type.outputs.prerelease_flag }} -p ${{ secrets.VSCE_PAT }}

From dc67e4e6d5ad328e2d00909ad03e16c287575101 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robin <midouesterner@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2025 10:21:54 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] narrow to version tags

---
 .github/workflows/publish.yaml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yaml b/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
index 9817094..e22d6de 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: Publish Extension
 on:
   push:
     tags:
-      - "*"
+      - "v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+"
 
 jobs:
   test: