Fix for pipelines to get version correctly

Author: monkeyman192

.github/workflows/pipeline.yml

@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ jobs:
   build_test:
     name: Build artefacts
     runs-on: Windows-latest
+    outputs:
+      should_release: ${{ steps.whether_to_release.outputs.should_release}}
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -32,6 +34,11 @@ jobs:
           uv sync --frozen --all-groups --all-extras
       - name: Build Python ${{ matrix.py_ver.version}} wheel
         run: uv build
+      - name: Check whether to release
+        uses: MathieuMoalic/action-python-package-new-version@v1.0.5
+      - name: Assign whether to release to output
+        id: whether_to_release
+        run: echo "should_release=${env.PUBLISHING}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
       - name: Lint and format code
         run: |
           uv run ruff check ./nmspy
@@ -45,7 +52,7 @@ jobs:
   release:
     name: Release NMSpy wheels and source build to PyPI
     # Only run this job if the commit was tagged.
-    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags')
+    if: ${{ startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags') && needs.build_test.outputs.should_release == 'true' }}
     needs:
       - build_test
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -55,24 +62,20 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       id-token: write  # IMPORTANT: this permission is mandatory for trusted publishing
     steps:
-      - name: Check whether to release
-        uses: MathieuMoalic/action-python-package-new-version@v1.0.5
       - name: Download files for release
-        if: env.PUBLISHING == 'true'
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: python-package-distributions
           path: dist/
       - name: Publish package distributions to PyPI
-        if: env.PUBLISHING == 'true'
         uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
         with:
           attestations: true
 
   test-release:
     name: Release NMSpy wheels and source build to test-PyPI
     # Only run this job if we merge into master. Addition check is added later.
-    if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
+    if: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' && needs.build_test.outputs.should_release == 'true' }}
     needs:
       - build_test
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -82,16 +85,12 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       id-token: write  # IMPORTANT: this permission is mandatory for trusted publishing
     steps:
-      - name: Check whether to release
-        uses: MathieuMoalic/action-python-package-new-version@v1.0.5
       - name: Download files for release
-        if: env.PUBLISHING == 'true'
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: python-package-distributions
           path: dist/
       - name: Publish package distributions to PyPI
-        if: env.PUBLISHING == 'true'
         uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
         with:
           repository-url: https://test.pypi.org/legacy/