2 files changed, 38 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/internal/release/release.go b/internal/release/release.go
index 0c8b33f..c6eca97 100644
--- a/internal/release/release.go
+++ b/internal/release/release.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+	"unicode"
 
 	"codeberg.org/snonux/gitsyncer/internal/aitool"
 	"codeberg.org/snonux/gitsyncer/internal/httpclient"
@@ -182,9 +183,21 @@ func compareVersions(v1, v2 string) int {
 }
 
 func parseVersionPart(part string) int {
-	n, err := strconv.Atoi(part)
+	start := 0
+	if part != "" && (part[0] == '+' || part[0] == '-') {
+		start = 1
+	}
+
+	end := start
+	for end < len(part) && unicode.IsDigit(rune(part[end])) {
+		end++
+	}
+	if end == start {
+		return 0
+	}
+
+	n, err := strconv.Atoi(part[:end])
 	if err != nil {
-		// Keep current behavior for non-numeric segments.
 		return 0
 	}
 
diff --git a/internal/release/release_tags_test.go b/internal/release/release_tags_test.go
index eb6d581..521fbe8 100644
--- a/internal/release/release_tags_test.go
+++ b/internal/release/release_tags_test.go
@@ -49,6 +49,25 @@ func TestParseVersionPart_NonNumericReturnsZero(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestParseVersionPart_MixedNumericPrefix(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	testCases := []struct {
+		in   string
+		want int
+	}{
+		{in: "1beta", want: 1},
+		{in: "-2x", want: -2},
+		{in: "+12rc1", want: 12},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		if got := parseVersionPart(tc.in); got != tc.want {
+			t.Fatalf("parseVersionPart(%q) = %d, want %d", tc.in, got, tc.want)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func TestCompareVersions_NonNumericSegmentsFollowZeroFallback(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
@@ -59,6 +78,10 @@ func TestCompareVersions_NonNumericSegmentsFollowZeroFallback(t *testing.T) {
 	if got := compareVersions("v2.beta", "v2.0"); got != 0 {
 		t.Fatalf("compareVersions(v2.beta, v2.0) = %d, want 0", got)
 	}
+
+	if got := compareVersions("v1beta.2", "v1.1"); got != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("compareVersions(v1beta.2, v1.1) = %d, want 1", got)
+	}
 }
 
 func runGit(t *testing.T, repoPath string, args ...string) string {