From 9dcc3d1cc5ae57e4bb05f8a13df75b3ab36f73eb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Enrique=20Lo=CC=81pez=20Man=CC=83as?=
 <eenriquelopez@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2026 20:13:00 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] build: compare RC release notes against previous tag instead
 of main branch

---
 .github/workflows/release-rc.yml | 20 ++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-rc.yml b/.github/workflows/release-rc.yml
index 9692e5758..f2e62be28 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-rc.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-rc.yml
@@ -80,7 +80,19 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           git tag "v${VERSION}"
           git push origin "v${VERSION}"
-          gh release create "v${VERSION}" \
-            --title "v${VERSION}" \
-            --generate-notes \
-            --prerelease
+
+          # Find the previous tag to use as baseline for release notes
+          PREVIOUS_TAG=$(git tag -l 'v*' --sort=-version:refname --merged HEAD | grep -v "v${VERSION}" | head -1)
+
+          if [ -n "$PREVIOUS_TAG" ]; then
+            gh release create "v${VERSION}" \
+              --title "v${VERSION}" \
+              --generate-notes \
+              --notes-start-tag "$PREVIOUS_TAG" \
+              --prerelease
+          else
+            gh release create "v${VERSION}" \
+              --title "v${VERSION}" \
+              --generate-notes \
+              --prerelease
+          fi