From 581a36a8b5c5403aadff2b5e6354f81b63db848f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Casey Davenport <davenport.cas@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2026 12:58:22 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Stop syncing versions into master

Releases come from the release branches, so the sync targets only those.
---
 .github/workflows/sync-versions.yml | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/sync-versions.yml b/.github/workflows/sync-versions.yml
index c5390ffa33..74ab5f1fd0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sync-versions.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sync-versions.yml
@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: Discover branches
         id: branches
         run: |
-          # Get master + the two most recent release branches (by semver).
+          # Get the two most recent release branches (by semver). master is not
+          # released from, so it is skipped.
           branches=$(gh api repos/${{ github.repository }}/branches --paginate --jq '
             [.[] | select(.name | test("^release-v[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+$")) | .name]
             | sort_by(ltrimstr("release-v") | split(".") | map(tonumber))
             | .[-2:]
-            | ["master"] + .
           ')
           echo "branches=${branches}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
         env: