From 04bab3b11897e30162a196a2bc7adee1d9b9a445 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chidozie Ononiwu <chononiw@microsoft.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2021 15:16:29 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix bug in prepare relaease for new packages that have never
 been released

---
 eng/common/scripts/Prepare-Release.ps1 | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/eng/common/scripts/Prepare-Release.ps1 b/eng/common/scripts/Prepare-Release.ps1
index e764108a24ed..8f947d1780d5 100644
--- a/eng/common/scripts/Prepare-Release.ps1
+++ b/eng/common/scripts/Prepare-Release.ps1
@@ -113,8 +113,11 @@ Write-Host "Assuming release is in $month with release date $releaseDateString"
 if (Test-Path "Function:GetExistingPackageVersions")
 {
     $releasedVersions = GetExistingPackageVersions -PackageName $packageProperties.Name -GroupId $packageProperties.Group
-    $latestReleasedVersion = $releasedVersions[$releasedVersions.Count - 1]
-    Write-Host "Latest released version: ${latestReleasedVersion}" -ForegroundColor Green
+    if ($null -ne $releasedVersions -and $releasedVersions.Count -gt 0)
+    {
+      $latestReleasedVersion = $releasedVersions[$releasedVersions.Count - 1]
+      Write-Host "Latest released version: ${latestReleasedVersion}" -ForegroundColor Green
+    }
 }
 
 $currentProjectVersion = $packageProperties.Version