WIP: Test version check

.github/workflows/version.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+name: version
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - 'VERSION.txt'
+
+jobs:
+  compare-versions:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out base branch
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          ref:  ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }}
+      - name: Get old version
+        run: |
+          old_version="$(head -1 VERSION.txt)"
+          echo "Old version: $old_version"
+          echo "old_version=$old_version" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Check out head branch
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Get new version 
+        run: |
+          new_version="$(head -1 VERSION.txt)"
+          echo "New version: $new_version"
+          echo "new_version=$new_version" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - name: Compare versions
+        run: dpkg --compare-versions "${{ env.old_version }}" lt "${{ env.new_version }}"

VERSION.txt

@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.6.0.dev
+0.6.1.dev