Reset version on CI

.github/workflows/buildutils.yml

@@ -34,6 +34,14 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         git config --global user.email "you@example.com"
         git config --global user.name "Your Name"
+    - name: Reset version
+      run: |
+        # TODO: improve this with a mock package?
+        # This step is to ensure the workflow always starts with a final version
+        sed -i -E "s/VersionInfo\(.*\)/VersionInfo\(9, 8, 7, 'final', 0\)/" jupyterlab_classic/_version.py
+        sed -i -E "s/current_version = .*/current_version = 9, 8, 7, 'final', 0/" .bumpversion.cfg
+        jlpm run lerna version 9.8.7 --no-push --force-publish --no-git-tag-version --yes
+        git commit -am "Release 9.8.7"
     - name: Patch Release
       run: |
         jlpm release:patch --force

buildutils/src/utils.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { getPythonVersion, run } from '@jupyterlab/buildutils';
 
 export function postbump(): void {
-  // Commit the changes
   const newPyVersion = getPythonVersion();
   // Commit changes.
   run(`git commit -am "Release ${newPyVersion}"`);