From a94d42dee7e9487fd56ec473f24b3c279346cf6c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jimtng <2554958+jimtng@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2024 10:01:36 +1000
Subject: [PATCH] Support Milestones and RC versions (#302)

---
 .github/workflows/ci.yml | 4 +++-
 lib/openhab/core.rb      | 3 ++-
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 0ace884cb0..4ddbc8a94e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ jobs:
     if: "!contains(github.event.head_commit.message, 'ci skip')"
     outputs:
       openhab_matrix: |
-        ["3.4.5", "4.0.4", "4.1.1", "4.2.0-SNAPSHOT"]
+        ["3.4.5", "4.0.4", "4.1.1", "4.2.0.RC1", "4.2.0-SNAPSHOT"]
       snapshot_date: |
         ${{ steps.snapshot-date.outputs.SNAPSHOT_DATE }}
     steps:
@@ -135,6 +135,8 @@ jobs:
             jruby_version: jruby-9.3.10.0
           - openhab_version: 4.2.0-SNAPSHOT
             jruby_version: jruby-9.3.10.0
+          - openhab_version: 4.2.0.RC1
+            jruby_version: jruby-9.3.10.0
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
diff --git a/lib/openhab/core.rb b/lib/openhab/core.rb
index 06e9d4af6b..b6a71624fa 100644
--- a/lib/openhab/core.rb
+++ b/lib/openhab/core.rb
@@ -15,9 +15,10 @@ module Core
     V4_2 = Gem::Version.new("4.2.0").freeze
 
     # @return [Gem::Version] Returns the current openHAB version as a Gem::Version object
+    #   Note, this strips off snapshots, milestones and RC versions and returns the release version.
     # @!visibility private
     def self.version
-      @version ||= Gem::Version.new(VERSION).freeze
+      @version ||= Gem::Version.new(VERSION).release.freeze
     end
 
     raise "`openhab-scripting` requires openHAB >= 3.4.0" unless version >= Gem::Version.new("3.4.0")