From f963b35e0132eea56541ac2b2ba2a634afe4b55e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AJ ONeal <aj@therootcompany.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 23:11:14 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] ref(watchexec): move cli- prefix stripping from config to
 code

The cli- prefix is a watchexec-specific monorepo artifact, not a generic
config concern. Move it to internal/releases/watchexec/versions.go
alongside other per-package normalizers (git, lf).
---
 internal/classifypkg/classifypkg.go     |  3 +++
 internal/releases/watchexec/versions.go | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 watchexec/releases.conf                 |  1 -
 3 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 internal/releases/watchexec/versions.go

diff --git a/internal/classifypkg/classifypkg.go b/internal/classifypkg/classifypkg.go
index 34b9d6c..ce00eac 100644
--- a/internal/classifypkg/classifypkg.go
+++ b/internal/classifypkg/classifypkg.go
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/webinstall/webi-installers/internal/releases/node"
 	"github.com/webinstall/webi-installers/internal/releases/ollama"
 	"github.com/webinstall/webi-installers/internal/releases/pwsh"
+	"github.com/webinstall/webi-installers/internal/releases/watchexec"
 	"github.com/webinstall/webi-installers/internal/releases/xcaddy"
 	"github.com/webinstall/webi-installers/internal/releases/zigdist"
 	"github.com/webinstall/webi-installers/internal/storage"
@@ -100,6 +101,8 @@ func NormalizeVersions(pkg string, assets []storage.Asset) {
 				assets[i].Version = "0." + v[1:] + ".0"
 			}
 		}
+	case "watchexec":
+		watchexec.NormalizeVersions(assets)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/releases/watchexec/versions.go b/internal/releases/watchexec/versions.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..447080d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/releases/watchexec/versions.go
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package watchexec
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/webinstall/webi-installers/internal/storage"
+)
+
+// NormalizeVersions strips the "cli-" prefix from watchexec version strings.
+//
+// Watchexec transitioned to a monorepo with cli-prefixed tags (cli-v1.20.0)
+// while older releases used plain tags (v1.20.6). Both are valid releases;
+// the prefix is just a tag namespace, not part of the version.
+func NormalizeVersions(assets []storage.Asset) {
+	for i := range assets {
+		assets[i].Version = strings.TrimPrefix(assets[i].Version, "cli-")
+	}
+}
diff --git a/watchexec/releases.conf b/watchexec/releases.conf
index d42585d..947645f 100644
--- a/watchexec/releases.conf
+++ b/watchexec/releases.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 source = github
 owner = watchexec
 repo = watchexec
-version_prefixes = cli-