From 2c0a0b0eef87c52060ef2ffdcde379aaaf71eb3a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marko Petzold <marko.petzold@record-evolution.de>
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2026 17:45:11 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] pr.sh: an empty TAG_PREFIX tags the bare version

TAG_PREFIX defaults to v only when unset; empty gives bare-version tags
(the widgets: 1.0.10). release.sh and the reusable workflows already take
the prefix as given. Test: an empty prefix titles and tags the bare version.
---
 README.md          | 3 +++
 scripts/pr.sh      | 9 +++++----
 scripts/test_pr.sh | 8 ++++++++
 3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d51c125..9a36ec9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -177,6 +177,9 @@ versions); `pr.sh release` takes `TAG_PREFIX` and `WRITE_VERSION` (the
 project's version recipe) from the environment, and `pr.sh merge` a
 comma-separated list of every version file. One release per pull request.
 
+Bare-version tags (`1.0.10`, the widgets): an empty `TAG_PREFIX` for
+`pr.sh release` and `tag-prefix: ""` for `release-intent` and `release-tag`.
+
 Onboarding a repository onto this flow, besides the caller files:
 
 - `main` ruleset: squash merges only; repository setting "default commit
diff --git a/scripts/pr.sh b/scripts/pr.sh
index f7fdbeb..b8d6651 100755
--- a/scripts/pr.sh
+++ b/scripts/pr.sh
@@ -24,9 +24,10 @@
 #       required checks pass; its merge starts <workflow> (the image and the
 #       tag), and this waits for that run.
 #
-# Env: PR_WAIT_SECONDS (default 20) between polls. For one of several release
-# projects in a repository: TAG_PREFIX (default v; e.g. db-v) and
-# WRITE_VERSION (default _write-version; the project's recipe).
+# Env: PR_WAIT_SECONDS (default 20) between polls. TAG_PREFIX (default v when
+# unset; e.g. db-v for one of several release projects in a repository, empty
+# for bare-version tags) and WRITE_VERSION (default _write-version; the
+# project's recipe).
 set -euo pipefail
 
 wait_s=${PR_WAIT_SECONDS:-20}
@@ -170,7 +171,7 @@ cmd_release() {
   base=$(version "$vf" origin/main)
   [ -n "$base" ] || die "release: $vf has no version on origin/main"
   next=$(next_version "$level" "$base")
-  tag="${TAG_PREFIX:-v}$next"
+  tag="${TAG_PREFIX-v}$next"
   title="release $name $tag"
   if [ "$(version "$vf")" != "$next" ]; then
     just "${WRITE_VERSION:-_write-version}" "$next"
diff --git a/scripts/test_pr.sh b/scripts/test_pr.sh
index ac67843..c21d147 100755
--- a/scripts/test_pr.sh
+++ b/scripts/test_pr.sh
@@ -258,6 +258,14 @@ unset TAG_PREFIX
 expect "release: title with the prefixed tag" logged "gh pr create --base main --head feat --title release platform-db db-v1.2.4"
 expect "release: the prefixed tag fetched" git -C "$repo" rev-parse --verify refs/tags/db-v1.2.4
 
+setup package.json 1.0.9
+ci_tag 1.0.10
+export TAG_PREFIX=
+check "release: an empty TAG_PREFIX tags the bare version" 0 release patch widget-label package.json build-publish.yml package.json
+unset TAG_PREFIX
+expect "release: title with the bare version" logged "gh pr create --base main --head feat --title release widget-label 1.0.10"
+expect "release: the bare tag fetched" git -C "$repo" rev-parse --verify refs/tags/1.0.10
+
 setup VERSION 1.2.3
 ci_tag v1.2.4
 export WRITE_VERSION=_write-db-version