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fix(release) remove v prefix from release tags#19

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@indexzero indexzero commented Mar 19, 2026

Drop the v prefix from tag_name, release name, and download URLs in the release workflow

Existing draft releases (v1.3.0, v1.4.0) have been re-tagged and published

There is nothing in the semver spec about a v prefix. It was never part of the version. It was just sitting there, consuming a byte, adding no information. Now it's gone.

See also: "Is “v1.2.3” a semantic version?" (spoiler: no, it's not)

Simplicity is complicated. A version string is a version string.
Adding 'v' to it doesn't make it more of a version.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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