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.github/workflows/mac_store_build.yml

@@ -13,7 +13,14 @@ jobs:
           input_string: ${{ env.CI_REF_NAME }}
           version_extractor_regex: "v(.*)$"
         if: contains( github.ref, 'refs/tags/v' )
-        # todo: delete this job once i know it works
+      - name: set version var for tags and update path for releases
+        id: tagged
+        run: |
+          echo "GHA_VERSION=${{ steps.semver_parser.outputs.fullversion }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV && \
+          echo "UPDATE_PATH=release" >> $GITHUB_ENV && \
+          echo "PRERELEASE_BOOL=false" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        if: contains( github.ref, 'refs/tags/v' )
+        # todo: delete this not-tags job once i know it works
       - name: set version var for not-tags and upload dir for branches
         run: |
           echo "GHA_VERSION=$(cat VERSION)" >> $GITHUB_ENV && \
@@ -33,6 +40,7 @@ jobs:
       UPDATE_PATH: ${{ steps.output_env_vars_step.outputs.UPDATE_PATH }}
       PRERELEASE_BOOL: ${{ steps.output_env_vars_step.outputs.PRERELEASE_BOOL }}
       S3_DESTINATION: ${{ steps.output_env_vars_step.outputs.S3_DESTINATION }}
+      IS_RELEASE: ${{ steps.tagged.outcome != 'skipped' }}
 
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04