fix: enhance error handling for package.json version extraction and improve tag filtering in publish-alpha.yml

Author: mitchdowney

.github/workflows/publish-alpha.yml

@@ -38,16 +38,27 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: |
-          BASE_VERSION=$(node -p "require('./package.json').version")
+          # Ensure package.json exists and extract BASE_VERSION
+          if [[ ! -f package.json ]]; then
+            echo "Error: package.json not found in the repository"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          BASE_VERSION=$(node -p "require('./package.json').version" 2>/dev/null || echo "")
+          if [[ -z "$BASE_VERSION" ]]; then
+            echo "Error: Failed to extract version from package.json"
+            exit 1
+          fi
           BASE_VERSION=$(echo "$BASE_VERSION" | sed 's/-.*//')
           IMAGE_NAME=ghcr.io/${{ github.repository }}/podverse-api
+          echo "Base version: $BASE_VERSION"
+          echo "Image name: $IMAGE_NAME"
 
           # Use gh CLI to list tags for the container image
           TAGS_JSON=$(gh api -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
             "/repos/${{ github.repository }}/packages/container/podverse-api/versions" \
-            --jq '[.[] | .metadata.container.tags[]] | unique')
+            --jq '[.[] | .metadata.container.tags[]] | unique' 2>/dev/null || echo "[]")
           echo "Raw tags JSON: $TAGS_JSON"
-          TAGS=$(echo "$TAGS_JSON" | jq -r '.[]' | grep "alpha" || true)
+          TAGS=$(echo "$TAGS_JSON" | jq -r '.[] | select(test("alpha"))' || true)
           echo "Filtered alpha tags: $TAGS"
 
           # Try to get the current alpha version (e.g., 5.1.1-alpha.3)
@@ -63,6 +74,7 @@ jobs:
 
             if [[ -z "$CURRENT_ALPHA_NUM" ]]; then
               NEXT_VERSION="$BASE_VERSION-alpha.0"
+              echo "No valid alpha number found. Setting to: $NEXT_VERSION"
             elif [[ "$CURRENT_BASE" == "$BASE_VERSION" ]]; then
               NEXT_INDEX=$((CURRENT_ALPHA_NUM + 1))
               NEXT_VERSION="$BASE_VERSION-alpha.$NEXT_INDEX"