fix: resolve early access workflow issues for RC versions (#625)

- Update early-access workflow to handle Release Candidate (RC) versions
- Change version check from SNAPSHOT-only to include RC versions
- Configure JReleaser to mark RC and SNAPSHOT versions as prereleases
- Fix workflow conditional to use EARLY_ACCESS flag instead of SNAPSHOT

Author: bsbodden

.github/workflows/early-access.yml

@@ -58,14 +58,15 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           VERSION=$(grep '^version\s*=\s*' gradle.properties | cut -d'=' -f2 | xargs)
           echo "VERSION=$VERSION" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          if [[ "$VERSION" == *-SNAPSHOT ]]; then
-            echo "SNAPSHOT=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          # Check if version is a SNAPSHOT or Release Candidate (early access)
+          if [[ "$VERSION" == *-SNAPSHOT ]] || [[ "$VERSION" == *-RC* ]]; then
+            echo "EARLY_ACCESS=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           else
-            echo "SNAPSHOT=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+            echo "EARLY_ACCESS=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           fi
 
       - name: Release
-        if: ${{ steps.vars.outputs.SNAPSHOT }}
+        if: ${{ steps.vars.outputs.EARLY_ACCESS == 'true' }}
         uses: jreleaser/release-action@v2
         with:
           arguments: release

jreleaser.yml

@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ release:
     name: redis-om-spring
     overwrite: true
     sign: true
+    prerelease:
+      enabled: auto
+      pattern: .*-(?:SNAPSHOT|RC\d+).*
     changelog:
       formatted: ALWAYS
       preset: conventional-commits