fix: guard version.Compare against empty strings

[VedantMadane]

Summary

fix: guard version.Compare against empty strings

Changes

• Empty version strings panicked on version[0] before the v-prefix check.
• Return 0 for empty inputs so reconcile does not CrashLoop.

Fixes #500

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

version.Compare now returns 0 when either input version is empty. The check runs before v-prefix normalization and semantic-version comparison.

Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~5 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 50b85

The fix prevents crashes for empty version inputs, but the two empty-input argument orders lack regression tests, leaving a bounded risk of future regression. The PR is mergeable with explicit owner follow-up.

Suggested reviewers: ayuskauskas

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 3 | ❌ 1

❌ Failed checks (1 warning)

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Linked Issues check	⚠️ Warning	The guard addresses the empty-input panic, but coverage for both empty-argument positions is not shown in the changes.	Add tests for an empty first argument and an empty second argument, then verify the expected 0 result.

✅ Passed checks (3 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly states that version.Compare is guarded against empty strings, which matches the main change.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description explains the empty-string panic and the CrashLoop impact, matching the code change.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	The change only guards version.Compare against empty inputs, which is directly related to the linked issue.

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Inline comments:
In `@operator/internal/version/version.go`:
- Around line 44-47: Add regression cases in the Compare test coverage for both
empty-input positions: Compare("", "v1.2.3") and Compare("v1.2.3", ""), with
each expecting 0. Keep the existing non-empty comparison cases unchanged.

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[ayuskauskas]

Either side being an empty string does not mean equal. It should use the -2 to denote invalid.

[lockwobr]

Additionally, this changes needs unit tests to go with it.

[lockwobr]

@VedantMadane this issue was assigned to another account. Was that account you? @Steve366

[Steve366]

No. I am @Steve366, and I claimed the linked issue separately. @VedantMadane is not my account. I had planned to work on the issue after maintainer confirmation. Please let me know how you would like to proceed. ￥獠。牙￥ ***@***.***

[lockwobr]

Sorry @Steve366 this happened, I guess in the meantime maybe there is another issue you could pick up. If this one goes stall, perhaps you could finish it if we don't hear back from @VedantMadane soon. @VedantMadane next time please adhere the CONTRIBUTING.md next time. @Steve366 next if you have claimed the issue, please feel free to open up a pr to work the issue.

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How to fix

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git log --oneline --merges origin/main..HEAD   # empty output means linear

# Linear branch:
git rebase --exec 'git commit --amend -s -S --no-edit' origin/main

# Branch with merge commits, preserving them:
git rebase --rebase-merges --exec 'git commit --amend -s -S --no-edit' origin/main

Confirm the rewrite changed nothing but the signatures before pushing:

git range-diff @{u}...HEAD
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