Fix: Major version protection should only run on PRs targeting main or release branches #3161
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WHY are these changes introduced?
The Major Version Protection workflow was incorrectly blocking ALL pull requests containing major version changes, regardless of their target branch. This was preventing normal feature branch development workflows where branches merge into other feature branches before eventually reaching main.
Evidence of the issue:
feat/cli-diff-removal(not main) was blocked by major version protectionpull_requestevents without checking the base branchWHAT is this pull request doing?
This PR fixes the Major Version Protection workflow to only run on PRs that are actually targeting protected branches:
mainbranch2024-01,2025-07)The fix: Updates the workflow's
ifcondition to checkgithub.event.pull_request.base.refbefore running the protection job.HOW to test your changes?
2025-01→ Protection SHOULD run/bypass-major-safeguardcommand should still work on protected PRsChecklist