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Author: jrfnl

.github/workflows/verify-release.yml

@@ -149,22 +149,17 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Retrieve latest release info (including prereleases)
-        id: get_latest_release
-        run:  |
-          latestRelease="$(gh release list --repo PHPCSStandards/PHP_CodeSniffer --limit 1 --json tagName)"
-          echo 'LATEST='$latestRelease >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+        id: version
+        run: |
+          latestRelease="$(gh release list --repo PHPCSStandards/PHP_CodeSniffer --limit 1 --json tagName --jq '.[0].tagName')"
+          echo "TAG=$latestRelease" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: "DEBUG: Show API request failure status"
         if: ${{ failure() }}
         run: "echo No release found. Request failed with status ${{ steps.get_latest_release.outputs.status }}"
 
-      - name: Grab latest tag name from API response
-        id: version
-        run: |
-          echo "TAG=${{ fromJson(steps.get_latest_release.outputs.LATEST).tagName }}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-
       - name: "DEBUG: Show tag name found in API response"
         run: "echo ${{ steps.version.outputs.TAG }}"