From e6c1e5d7e091b6ca1744c10687fbcba376a3c4c1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mike Heffner <mikeh@fesnel.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2026 16:52:39 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] don't fail on new commits

---
 .github/workflows/auto-release.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/auto-release.yml b/.github/workflows/auto-release.yml
index 50354c4..3151151 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/auto-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/auto-release.yml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ jobs:
           PR_LIST=""
 
           # Get merge commits between previous tag and current tag
-          MERGE_COMMITS=$(git log ${PREV_TAG}..${TAG_NAME} --merges --pretty=format:"%H %s" | grep "Merge pull request #")
+          MERGE_COMMITS=$(git log ${PREV_TAG}..${TAG_NAME} --merges --pretty=format:"%H %s" | grep "Merge pull request #" || echo "")
 
           if [ -n "$MERGE_COMMITS" ]; then
             while IFS= read -r commit_line; do