From c47092c90631752149347cc63d6269c59011cc1f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marie Backman <backmanma@ornl.gov>
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2026 13:11:03 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Exclude RC tags from versioning calculations

Add configuration to exclude RC tags for versioning.
---
 pyproject.toml | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f91c454..0111b66 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ packages = ["src/packagenamepy"]
 [tool.versioningit.vcs]
 method = "git"
 default-tag = "0.1.0"
+# Ignore RC tags when calculating distance from the latest tag.
+# This ensures dev versions increase monotonically relative to the latest production release.
+exclude = ["*rc*"]
 
 [tool.versioningit.next-version]
 method = "minor"