From 3d666b4cfcf09e747a6a8c93d5ba7698594c8118 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Heath Stewart <heaths@microsoft.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2023 15:18:19 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Avoid unnecessary CHANGELOG release date prompt

Resolves #7261
---
 eng/common/scripts/Prepare-Release.ps1 | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/eng/common/scripts/Prepare-Release.ps1 b/eng/common/scripts/Prepare-Release.ps1
index 63038872bdb7..e3c18af350e0 100644
--- a/eng/common/scripts/Prepare-Release.ps1
+++ b/eng/common/scripts/Prepare-Release.ps1
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ if (Test-Path "Function:SetPackageVersion")
 {
   $replaceLatestEntryTitle = $true
   $latestVersion = Get-LatestReleaseDateFromChangeLog -ChangeLogLocation $packageProperties.ChangeLogPath
-  if ($latestVersion)
+  if ($latestVersion -and $latestVersion -ne $ParsedReleaseDate)
   {
     $promptMessage = "The latest entry in the CHANGELOG.md already has a release date. Do you want to replace the latest entry title? Please enter (y or n)."
     while (($readInput = Read-Host -Prompt $promptMessage) -notmatch '^[yn]$'){ }