From e988b39f49526ccb8bd19453bd2198bf4156bb7f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Kessler <james@coveralls.io>
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2025 12:22:01 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Update workflow to sync and verify release branch (#249)

Make sure release branch always points to latest release, and add verification for release branch after tag update.

Fixes issue #246 for any users who use `@release/v2` (not recommended) instead of `@v2` (recommended).
---
 .github/workflows/update-major-version-tag.yml | 14 +++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-major-version-tag.yml b/.github/workflows/update-major-version-tag.yml
index ed7cacd2..02129478 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-major-version-tag.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-major-version-tag.yml
@@ -25,8 +25,20 @@ jobs:
           git tag -f ${{ env.major_version }} ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}
           git push origin ${{ env.major_version }} --force
 
+      - name: Update release/v* branch to major tag
+        run: |
+          git fetch origin
+          branch_name="release/${{ env.major_version }}"
+          git branch -f "$branch_name" ${{ env.major_version }}
+          git push origin "$branch_name" --force
+
       - name: Fetch Updated Tags
         run: git fetch --tags --force
       
       - name: Verify Tag
-        run: git show ${{ env.major_version }}
\ No newline at end of file
+        run: git show ${{ env.major_version }}
+
+      - name: Verify release/v* branch
+        run: |
+          branch_name="release/${{ env.major_version }}"
+          git show "$branch_name"