cleanup: remove orphaned tag v0.4.2 from botched release #25
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Problem
There is an orphaned tag
v0.4.2(commit28aff54) from a release workflow run on 2026-03-09. The version jumped incorrectly from0.2.xto0.4.2. No corresponding GitHub release exists — the workflow likely failed partway through.Current state on main:
v0.2.24(with a successful release).Impact
git describeor tag-based version detection would returnv0.4.2instead ofv0.2.24Fix
Delete the orphaned tag:
Verify
v0.2.24remains the latest tag matching a release.Deleted orphaned tag
v0.4.2viagit push origin :refs/tags/v0.4.2. No GitHub release existed for it — the tag was left over from a botched release on 2026-03-09. Current latest release remainsv0.2.24.