From 475e59a9c7c6b6492273e705247d30fdf0f7453a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rhuan Barreto <rhuan@barreto.work>
Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2026 02:04:09 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix(ci): skip release PR validation when release branch does
 not exist

When simple-release-action finds no releasable commits it succeeds
without creating the release branch. The next step then fails with a
404 on `gh api .../git/ref/heads/release`. Guard against this by
checking the branch exists before triggering CI.
---
 .github/workflows/release.yml | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index dbd50758..e0adc5e8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -89,7 +89,12 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
         run: |
-          HEAD_SHA=$(gh api repos/${{ github.repository }}/git/ref/heads/release --jq '.object.sha')
+          HEAD_SHA=$(gh api repos/${{ github.repository }}/git/ref/heads/release --jq '.object.sha' 2>/dev/null) || true
+
+          if [ -z "$HEAD_SHA" ]; then
+            echo "No release branch found — nothing to validate"
+            exit 0
+          fi
 
           gh workflow run code-pull-request.yml --ref release
           sleep 5