Fix greedy Regex parsing

ax3l · Oct 8, 2024 · f6c7f96 · f6c7f96
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commit f6c7f96
Showing 1 changed file with 4 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/new_version.py b/new_version.py
@@ -70,9 +70,11 @@
             break
 
 OLD_VERSION_SUFFIX = f"(-{OLD_VERSION_TAG})?" if OLD_VERSION_TAG else ""
+# The order of the alternatives is important, since the Regex parser
+# should greedily include the old version suffix
 OLD_VERSION_STR = \
-    f"({re.escape(OLD_VERSION_STR_README)})" + \
-    f"|({re.escape(OLD_VERSION_STR_CMAKE)}{OLD_VERSION_SUFFIX})"
+    f"({re.escape(OLD_VERSION_STR_CMAKE)}{OLD_VERSION_SUFFIX})" + \
+    f"|({re.escape(OLD_VERSION_STR_README)})"
 
 print(f"The old version is: {OLD_VERSION_STR}")
 print()