From 9e13f2452ad72719a61329774521e9654dd83768 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christian Fehmer <fehmer@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2025 01:31:33 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] chore: add branch check in release script (@fehmer) (#6338)

---
 packages/release/src/index.js | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/packages/release/src/index.js b/packages/release/src/index.js
index 098951552..b8892d8fe 100755
--- a/packages/release/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/release/src/index.js
@@ -55,6 +55,15 @@ const runProjectRootCommand = (command, force) => {
 };
 
 const checkBranchSync = () => {
+  console.log("Checking if local branch is master...");
+  const currentBranch = runProjectRootCommand("git branch --show-current");
+  if (currentBranch !== "master") {
+    console.error(
+      "Local branch is not master. Please checkout the master branch."
+    );
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+
   console.log("Checking if local master branch is in sync with origin...");
 
   if (noSyncCheck) {