From 000d6852189f724e9580fc0d4de9ee96c94fd80a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bertie690 <136088738+Bertie690@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2025 22:50:13 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Update `create-release.yml` to use `pnpm version`

---
 .github/workflows/create-release.yml | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-release.yml b/.github/workflows/create-release.yml
index a4b2069f877..bd4071b1206 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/create-release.yml
@@ -52,12 +52,13 @@ jobs:
         run: git checkout -b release
 
       # In order to be able to open a PR into beta, we need the branch to have at least one commit.
-      - name: Create empty release commit
+      # The first commit is _usually_ just bumping the version number, so we can kill 2 birds with 1 stone! 
+      - name: Bump release version
         run: |
           git config --local user.name "github-actions[bot]"
           git config --local user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
-          git commit --allow-empty -m "Stage release for version v${{ github.events.inputs.versionName }}"
-
+          pnpm --no-git-tag-version version ${{ github.events.inputs.versionName }}
+          git commit -am "Stage release for v${{ github.events.inputs.versionName }}"
       - name: Push new branch
         run: git push origin release
       # The repository variable is used by the deploy-beta workflow to determine whether to deploy from beta or release.