From ed0d4e6641681b3fd8489e5c1fc56060d827957a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ralph Khreish <35776126+Crunchyman-ralph@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2025 14:40:11 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] chore: implement requested changes

---
 .github/workflows/release-check.yml | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-check.yml b/.github/workflows/release-check.yml
index de39f77d..245ad4ad 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-check.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@ jobs:
           echo "🔍 Checking if branch is in pre-release mode..."
 
           if [[ -f .changeset/pre.json ]]; then
-            PRE_MODE=$(jq -r '.mode' .changeset/pre.json 2>/dev/null || echo '')
+            if ! PRE_MODE=$(jq -r '.mode' .changeset/pre.json 2>/dev/null); then
+              echo "❌ ERROR: Unable to parse .changeset/pre.json – aborting merge."
+              exit 1
+            fi
             if [[ "$PRE_MODE" == "pre" ]]; then
               echo "❌ ERROR: This branch is in active pre-release mode!"
               echo ""