From 17ea7f42fcf71527aef6646fcbc74abbda40db42 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Keeley Hammond <vertedinde@electronjs.org>
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2023 21:12:07 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] build: ignore makeLatest on pre-releases (#37274)

* build: ignore makeLatest on pre-releases

* chore: set makeLatest to false by default

Co-authored-by: Samuel Attard <sam@electronjs.org>

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Co-authored-by: Samuel Attard <sam@electronjs.org>
---
 script/release/release.js | 13 ++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/script/release/release.js b/script/release/release.js
index 0116113524e..191177a5545 100755
--- a/script/release/release.js
+++ b/script/release/release.js
@@ -318,12 +318,15 @@ function saveShaSumFile (checksums, fileName) {
 }
 
 async function publishRelease (release) {
-  const currentLatest = await octokit.repos.getLatestRelease({
-    owner: 'electron',
-    repo: targetRepo
-  });
+  let makeLatest = false;
+  if (!release.prerelease) {
+    const currentLatest = await octokit.repos.getLatestRelease({
+      owner: 'electron',
+      repo: targetRepo
+    });
 
-  const makeLatest = !release.prerelease && semver.gte(release.tag_name, currentLatest.data.tag_name);
+    makeLatest = semver.gte(release.tag_name, currentLatest.data.tag_name);
+  }
 
   return octokit.repos.updateRelease({
     owner: 'electron',