default when no tag provided

.gitlab-ci.yml

@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ upload:
   stage: deploy
   needs: []
   image: python:3.11
-  rules:
-    - if: $CI_COMMIT_TAG
   variables:
     PRIVATE_REGISTRY_API_URL: "${PRIVATE_REGISTRY_API_URL}"
     TWINE_PASSWORD: "${PRIVATE_REGISTRY_TOKEN_PASSWORD}"
@@ -11,6 +9,10 @@ upload:
   script:
     - pip install "setuptools>=62.6" twine
     - echo "Tag name used ${CI_COMMIT_TAG}"
+    - >
+      if [[ -z "$CI_COMMIT_TAG" ]]; then
+        CI_COMMIT_TAG="v0.0.1a"
+      fi
     - sed -i "s/v0.0.1-dev/$CI_COMMIT_TAG/g" src/__init__.py
     - python -m build
     - python -m twine upload --verbose --repository-url ${PRIVATE_REGISTRY_API_URL} dist/*