remove some code duplication regarding prerelease calculation

Author: umbynos

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ env:
 jobs:
   # The build job is responsible for: configuring the environment, testing and compiling process
   build:
+    outputs:
+      prerelease: ${{ steps.prerelease.outputs.IS_PRE }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-20.04, windows-2019, macos-12]
@@ -493,7 +495,7 @@ jobs:
 
   create-release:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-    needs: code-sign-mac-installers
+    needs: [build, code-sign-mac-installers]
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
@@ -504,14 +506,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Download artifact
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v3 # download all the artifacts
 
-      - name: Identify Prerelease
-        # This is a workaround while waiting for create-release action to implement auto pre-release based on tag
-        id: prerelease
-        run: |
-          curl -L -s https://github.com/fsaintjacques/semver-tool/archive/3.1.0.zip -o /tmp/3.1.0.zip
-          unzip -p /tmp/3.1.0.zip semver-tool-3.1.0/src/semver >/tmp/semver && chmod +x /tmp/semver
-          if [[ $(/tmp/semver get prerel ${GITHUB_REF/refs\/tags\//}) ]]; then echo "IS_PRE=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT; fi
-
       #  mandatory step because upload-release-action does not support multiple folders
       - name: prepare artifacts for the release
         run: |
@@ -562,7 +556,7 @@ jobs:
           release_name: ${{ github.ref }}
           body: ${{ steps.release_body.outputs.RBODY}}
           draft: false
-          prerelease: ${{ steps.prerelease.outputs.IS_PRE }}
+          prerelease: ${{ needs.build.outputs.prerelease }}
 
       - name: Upload release files on Github
         uses: svenstaro/upload-release-action@v2
@@ -574,10 +568,10 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Upload release files on Arduino downloads servers
         run: aws s3 sync release/ s3://${{ secrets.DOWNLOADS_BUCKET }}${{ env.TARGET }}
-        if: steps.prerelease.outputs.IS_PRE != 'true'
+        if: ${{ needs.build.outputs.prerelease }} != 'true'
 
       - name: Update version file (used by frontend to trigger autoupdate and create filename)
         run: |
           echo {\"Version\": \"${GITHUB_REF##*/}\"} > /tmp/agent-version.json
           aws s3 cp /tmp/agent-version.json s3://${{ env.VERSION_TARGET }}
-        if: steps.prerelease.outputs.IS_PRE != 'true'
+        if: ${{ needs.build.outputs.prerelease }} != 'true'