--- a/init40-git.gradle	Fri Mar 03 22:02:56 2023 -0500
+++ b/init40-git.gradle	Mon Mar 06 13:37:28 2023 -0500
@@ -802,17 +802,24 @@
                         Version v = null
                         try {
                             v = new Version(*it.split('\\.')*.toInteger())
+                            return v
                         } catch (ignored) {
-                            println "non semver tag found, ignoring"
                             //non semver tag found, ignoring
                         }
                     }
                     .findAll { it != null }
                     .sort { v1, v2 -> v2 <=> v1 }
-            if (versions.isEmpty()) {
+
+            def branches = "git branch --remote".execute().text.split("\n")
+                    .findAll { it.contains('release') || it.contains('hotfix') }
+                    .collect { it.replaceAll('\\s+', ' ').split(' ')[1].split('/')[2] - 'v' }
+                    .collect { new Version(*it.split('\\.')*.toInteger()) }
+
+            def results = (branches + versions).sort { v1, v2 -> v2 <=> v1 }
+            if (results.isEmpty()) {
                 return new Version().nextSnapshot()
             } else {
-                return versions.first().nextSnapshot()
+                return results.first().nextSnapshot()
             }
         } catch (ex) {
             println ex