From 31224208965f41a79e3874a462dbc61c22c00b7c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Austin Fahsl <austin@fahsl.io>
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2023 11:45:08 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] chore(release): rearrange logging for case of no changes

---
 .../release-version/release-version.ts        | 30 +++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/js/src/generators/release-version/release-version.ts b/packages/js/src/generators/release-version/release-version.ts
index 541d878eb9a9e3..7eaca7094ebae5 100644
--- a/packages/js/src/generators/release-version/release-version.ts
+++ b/packages/js/src/generators/release-version/release-version.ts
@@ -184,6 +184,10 @@ To fix this you will either need to add a package.json file at that location, or
         );
     }
 
+    if (options.specifier) {
+      log(`📄 Using the provided version specifier "${options.specifier}".`);
+    }
+
     // if specifier is null, then we determined previously via conventional commits that no changes are necessary
     if (specifier === undefined) {
       const specifierSource = options.specifierSource;
@@ -195,29 +199,29 @@ To fix this you will either need to add a package.json file at that location, or
             );
           }
 
-          // Always assume that if the current version is a prerelease, then the next version should be a prerelease.
-          // Users must manually graduate from a prerelease to a release by providing an explicit specifier.
-          if (prerelease(currentVersion)) {
-            specifier = 'prerelease';
-            log(
-              `📄 Resolved the specifier as "${specifier}" since the current version is a prerelease.`
-            );
-            break;
-          }
-
           specifier = await resolveSemverSpecifierFromConventionalCommits(
             latestMatchingGitTag.tag,
             options.projectGraph,
             projects.map((p) => p.name)
           );
 
-          if (specifier) {
+          if (!specifier) {
             log(
-              `📄 Resolved the specifier as "${specifier}" using git history and the conventional commits standard.`
+              `🚫 No changes were detected using git history and the conventional commits standard.`
+            );
+            break;
+          }
+
+          // Always assume that if the current version is a prerelease, then the next version should be a prerelease.
+          // Users must manually graduate from a prerelease to a release by providing an explicit specifier.
+          if (prerelease(currentVersion)) {
+            specifier = 'prerelease';
+            log(
+              `📄 Resolved the specifier as "${specifier}" since the current version is a prerelease.`
             );
           } else {
             log(
-              `🚫 No changes were detected using git history and the conventional commits standard.`
+              `📄 Resolved the specifier as "${specifier}" using git history and the conventional commits standard.`
             );
           }
           break;