[chore] Ensure current tag not set as GORELEASER_PREVIOUS_TAG

.drone.yml

@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ steps:
     commands:
       # Create a snapshot build with GoReleaser.
       - git fetch --tags
-      - GORELEASER_PREVIOUS_TAG=$(git tag -l | grep -v rc | sort -V -r | head -n 1) goreleaser release --clean --snapshot
+      - goreleaser release --clean --snapshot
       
       # Login to Docker, push Docker image snapshots + manifests.
       - /go/dockerlogin.sh
@@ -156,7 +156,16 @@ steps:
     commands:
       - git fetch --tags
       - /go/dockerlogin.sh
-      - GORELEASER_PREVIOUS_TAG=$(git tag -l | grep -v rc | sort -V -r | head -n 1) goreleaser release --clean
+      
+      # When releasing, compare commits to the most recent tag
+      # that is not the current one AND is not a release candidate
+      # version (ie., no "rc" in the tag name).
+      #
+      # Note, this may cause annoyances when doing backport releases
+      # (ie., releasing v0.10.1 when we've already released v0.15.0
+      # or whatever), but they should only be superficial annoyances.
+      - export GORELEASER_PREVIOUS_TAG=$(git tag -l | grep -v "rc\|${DRONE_TAG}" | sort -V -r | head -n 1)
+      - goreleaser release --clean
     when:
       event:
         include:
@@ -213,6 +222,6 @@ steps:
 
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+hmac: 883be019998713a2e52465918f62a3289459b425f3aa7dffada505ffdccc4cba
 
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CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ Then install Node and Yarn as described in [Stylesheet / Web dev](#stylesheet--w
 Finally, to create a snapshot build, do:
 
 ```bash
-GORELEASER_PREVIOUS_TAG=$(git tag -l | grep -v rc | sort -V -r | head -n 1) goreleaser --clean --snapshot
+goreleaser release --clean --snapshot
 ```
 
 If all goes according to plan, you should now have a number of multiple-architecture binaries and tars inside the `./dist` folder, and snapshot Docker images should be built (check your terminal output for version).