From b7eb0f274f6fe7d3fea807f4b70b7c8da4226191 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mike Heffner <mikeh@fesnel.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2026 16:53:49 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Handle no merge commits case

---
 .github/workflows/auto-release.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/auto-release.yml b/.github/workflows/auto-release.yml
index b8c9b15..94c2e14 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/auto-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/auto-release.yml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ jobs:
           PR_LIST=""
 
           # Get merge commits between previous tag and current tag
-          MERGE_COMMITS=$(git log ${PREV_TAG}..${TAG_NAME} --merges --pretty=format:"%H %s" | grep "Merge pull request #")
+          MERGE_COMMITS=$(git log ${PREV_TAG}..${TAG_NAME} --merges --pretty=format:"%H %s" | grep "Merge pull request #" || echo "")
 
           if [ -n "$MERGE_COMMITS" ]; then
             while IFS= read -r commit_line; do