Update version_branch.yml

.github/workflows/version_branch.yml

@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ jobs:
           HIT_VERSION=0
           for d in "${TARGET_DIRS[@]}"; do
             [[ -d "${d}" ]] || continue
-            COUNT=$(grep -RIn --exclude-dir=.git "^[[:space:]]*VERSION[[:space:]]*:" "${d}" | wc -l || true)
+            COUNT=$(grep -RIn --exclude-dir=.git -E "VERSION[[:space:]]*:" "${d}" | wc -l || true)
             echo "[INFO] VERSION: hits in ${d}: ${COUNT}"
             HIT_VERSION=$((HIT_VERSION + COUNT))
           done
@@ -159,8 +159,7 @@ jobs:
           root = Path(".").resolve()
           targets = [root / "src", root / "docs"]
 
-          header_re = re.compile(r"(?m)^(\s*VERSION\s*:\s*)(\S+)(\s*)$")
-          xml_re = re.compile(r"(?is)(<version\s*>)([^<]*?)(</version\s*>)")
+                    xml_re = re.compile(r"(?is)(<version\s*>)([^<]*?)(</version\s*>)")
 
           skip_ext = {".json", ".png", ".jpg", ".jpeg", ".gif", ".svg", ".ico", ".pdf", ".zip", ".7z", ".tar", ".gz", ".woff", ".woff2", ".ttf", ".otf", ".mp3", ".mp4"}
           skip_dirs = {".git", "node_modules", "vendor", ".venv", "dist", "build"}
@@ -205,9 +204,8 @@ jobs:
 
               original = text
 
-              text, n1 = header_re.subn(r"\\1" + new_version + r"\\3", text)
-              if n1:
-                counters["header_replacements"] += n1
+              text, n1 = header_re.subn(r"\" + new_version, text)
+       += n1
 
               if p.suffix.lower() == ".xml":
                 text2, n2 = xml_re.subn(r"\\1" + new_version + r"\\3", text)