Updated master workflow files

Author: web-flow

.github/workflows/deb-release.yml

@@ -20,20 +20,25 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.4
         with:
           submodules: true
+          fetch-depth: 0
 
-      - id: version
-        uses: docker://lpenz/ghaction-version-gen:0.3
 
-      # TODO: move this to a new action
-      # (use Docker for pre-installing 'dpkg-dev')
-      - name: Confirm version is higher than last tagged version
+      - name: Get latest semver tag and latest version in changelog
         run: |
           set -x
-          sudo apt install -y dpkg-dev
-          latest_tag=${{ steps.version.outputs.tag_latest }}
-          latest_version=$(dpkg-parsechangelog -Sversion)
-          dpkg --compare-versions ${latest_version} gt ${latest_tag#v}
-          echo "CURRENT_VERSION=${latest_version}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+          sudo apt install -y --no-install-recommends dpkg-dev npm
+          npm install -g git-latest-semver-tag
+
+          latest_tag=$(git-latest-semver-tag)
+          changelog_version=$(dpkg-parsechangelog -Sversion)
+
+          echo "LATEST_TAG=${latest_tag#v}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "CURRENT_VERSION=${changelog_version}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Confirm version is higher than last tagged version
+        if: ${{ env.LATEST_TAG != '' }}
+        run: dpkg --compare-versions ${{ env.CURRENT_VERSION }} gt ${{ env.LATEST_TAG }}
 
       - name: Determine architecture to use from package info
         # If architecture is 'all', then it can be compiled on host architecture