fix: Improve build workflow by refining paths to ignore and ensuring full git history for versioning

Author: jongalloway

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ jobs:
       uses: fkirc/skip-duplicate-actions@v5
       with:
         # Skip if only markdown files changed
-        paths_ignore: '["**/*.md", "doc/**", "**/README*", "**/CHANGELOG*", "**/LICENSE*"]'        # Don't skip on main branch or tags
+        paths_ignore: '["**/*.md", "doc/**", "**/README*", "**/CHANGELOG*", "**/LICENSE*"]'
+        # Don't skip on main branch or tags
         skip_after_successful_duplicate: 'false'
 
   # Simple job for markdown-only changes
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         echo "✅ Only documentation files were changed - skipping build"
         echo "📝 Changes detected in markdown files only"
+
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: check-changes
@@ -174,6 +176,7 @@ jobs:
         else
           echo "✅ No vulnerable packages found."
         fi
+
   package-validation:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: [check-changes, build]
@@ -182,6 +185,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - name: Checkout code
       uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        fetch-depth: 0  # Need full history for git describe
 
     - name: Setup .NET
       uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v4
@@ -198,7 +203,12 @@ jobs:
         if [[ $GITHUB_REF == refs/tags/v* ]]; then
           # Extract version from tag (remove 'v' prefix)
           VERSION=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/v}
-          echo "📦 Using tag version: ${VERSION}"        else
+          echo "📦 Using tag version: ${VERSION}"
+          IS_RELEASE_TAG="true"
+        else
+          # Ensure we have tags available
+          git fetch --tags --quiet || true
+          
           # Get the latest git tag or use 0.1.0 as default
           LATEST_TAG=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 2>/dev/null || echo "v0.1.0")
           
@@ -210,9 +220,11 @@ jobs:
           SHORT_SHA=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)
           VERSION="${VERSION}-alpha.${COMMITS_SINCE_TAG}+${SHORT_SHA}"
           echo "📦 Using development version: ${VERSION}"
+          IS_RELEASE_TAG="false"
         fi
-          echo "version=${VERSION}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-        echo "is_release_tag=$([[ $GITHUB_REF == refs/tags/v* ]] && echo 'true' || echo 'false')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        
+        echo "version=${VERSION}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        echo "is_release_tag=${IS_RELEASE_TAG}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
     - name: Build (Release) for packaging
       run: dotnet build src/NLWebNet --configuration Release --no-restore --verbosity minimal
@@ -252,6 +264,4 @@ jobs:
         prerelease: ${{ contains(steps.version.outputs.version, '-') }}
         tag_name: ${{ github.ref_name }}
       env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
-
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}