From 1beb8252a79aeda6ec9e0eb342631185e5d8b557 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ejahnGithub <ejahngithub@github.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2025 20:58:45 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix error for ErrReleaseNotFound when fetching ref

---
 pkg/cmd/release/shared/fetch.go | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pkg/cmd/release/shared/fetch.go b/pkg/cmd/release/shared/fetch.go
index d383d1d0fc1..f25c1780720 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/release/shared/fetch.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/release/shared/fetch.go
@@ -164,7 +164,8 @@ func FetchRefSHA(ctx context.Context, httpClient *http.Client, repo ghrepo.Inter
 		} `json:"object"`
 	}
 	if err := json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&ref); err != nil {
-		return "", err
+		// release not found
+		return "", ErrReleaseNotFound
 	}
 
 	return ref.Object.SHA, nil