Adding check for version from metadata.json. This implementation involves retrieving the version information from the metadata.json file and validating it to contain only numeric characters. This enhancement aims to improve the reliability and consistency of the release workflow by preventing the inclusion of invalid or malformed version identifiers.

Also regex is considered from https://github.com/voxpupuli/metadata-json-lint/blob/b5e68049c6be58aa63263357bb0dcad8635a6829/lib/metadata-json-lint/schema.rb#L141-L150

Author: malikparvez

.github/workflows/module_release.yml

@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
 
+      - name: "Set up Ruby"
+        uses: "actions/setup-ruby@v1"
+        with:
+          ruby-version: "3.1"
+
       - name: "Checkout"
         uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
         with:
@@ -24,7 +29,22 @@ jobs:
       - name: "Get version"
         id: "get_version"
         run: |
-          echo "version=$(jq --raw-output .version metadata.json)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          ruby <<-EOF >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            require "json"
+            version = JSON.parse(File.read("metadata.json"))["version"]
+
+            # from https://github.com/voxpupuli/metadata-json-lint/blob/b5e68049c6be58aa63263357bb0dcad8635a6829/lib/metadata-json-lint/schema.rb#L141-L150
+            numeric = '(0|[1-9]\d*)\.(0|[1-9]\d*)\.(0|[1-9]\d*)' # Major . Minor . Patch
+            pre = '(?:-([0-9A-Za-z-]+(?:\.[0-9A-Za-z-]+)*))?' # Prerelease
+            build = '(?:\+([0-9A-Za-z-]+(?:\.[0-9A-Za-z-]+)*))?' # Build
+            full = numeric + pre + build
+            semver_regex = /\A#{full}\Z/
+            if version&.match?(semver_regex)
+              puts "version=#{version}"
+            else
+              raise "Version #{version} is invalid. Exiting workflow."
+            end
+          EOF
 
       - name: "PDK build"
         uses: "docker://puppet/pdk:nightly"