From ecdf6f0ffb64b8959a5906c7666ca8bbbe5a35e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Lisowski <lisowski54@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2023 11:58:46 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] this was throwing an error when it didn't have to causing an
 odd error in the magic zero plugin

---
 packages/core/src/auto.ts | 4 ----
 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/core/src/auto.ts b/packages/core/src/auto.ts
index 6643efc2c..ae6cff33e 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/auto.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/auto.ts
@@ -2047,10 +2047,6 @@ export default class Auto {
 
   /** Prefix a version with a "v" if needed */
   readonly prefixRelease = (release: string) => {
-    if (!this.release) {
-      throw this.createErrorMessage();
-    }
-
     return this.config?.noVersionPrefix || release.startsWith("v")
       ? release
       : `v${release}`;