bump-version: handle case when main version major gets bumped

Author: fhammerschmidt

.github/workflows/bump-version.js

@@ -12,10 +12,16 @@ let release = JSON.parse(packageJson).version;
 
 let newVersion = latestPublish;
 
+// If the main release gets a major bump but did not get published yet, the package.json version
+// will be higher than the one retrieved from the marketplace, so we need to increment from the main release
+// E.g. package.json gets bumped to 1.5.0 -> 1.6.0
+if (semver.major(release) - semver.major(latestPublish) === 1) {
+  newVersion = semver.inc(release, "minor", semver.rel);
+}
 // A prepublished version must be one minor higher than a regular published version.
 // E.g. if package.json has version 1.3.0 and there is no prepublished version yet,
 // increment minor by one -> 1.4.0.
-if (semver.minor(latestPublish) === semver.minor(release)) {
+else if (semver.minor(latestPublish) === semver.minor(release)) {
   newVersion = semver.inc(newVersion, "minor", semver.rel);
 }
 // Increment the version patch. E.g. if we fetch version 1.4.0 as the latest pre-release,