From b76c20d78d97d0e8d81e51ab3084f9d364587bc5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeff Carr <jcarr@wit.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2025 13:24:46 -0500
Subject: general check for anything that matches

---
 gitTag.common.go | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gitTag.common.go b/gitTag.common.go
index 20fe31a..5292b01 100644
--- a/gitTag.common.go
+++ b/gitTag.common.go
@@ -156,6 +156,15 @@ func (repo *Repo) IsRemoteBranch(findname string) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
+func (repo *Repo) IfRefExists(refname string) bool {
+	for t := range repo.Tags.IterAll() {
+		if _, filename := filepath.Split(t.Refname); filename == refname {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 // finds the newest tag. used for deciding if master needs to be published
 func (repo *Repo) FindLastTag() string {
 	var newest *GitTag
-- 
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