fix version detection with release trigger

Author: jonasbokim

.github/workflows/release-trigger.yml

@@ -44,7 +44,10 @@ jobs:
             echo "Using manual version: $VERSION"
           else
             # Auto-increment patch version
-            LATEST_TAG=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 2>/dev/null || echo "v0.0.0")
+            # Use sort-based approach instead of git describe, because git describe only finds
+            # tags reachable from HEAD and misses tags on unmerged release branches.
+            LATEST_TAG=$(git tag -l 'v[0-9]*.[0-9]*.[0-9]*' --sort=-version:refname | head -n 1)
+            LATEST_TAG="${LATEST_TAG:-v0.0.0}"
             echo "Latest tag: $LATEST_TAG"
 
             # Extract version number and increment