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Release note generation fails for first pre-release #3679

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Currently the release note generation fails for the first pre-release

"/home/runner/work/cluster-api-provider-vsphere/cluster-api-provider-vsphere/hack/tools/bin/release-notes-2e7fcc61e862819988333632253b84ed2bed013b" --release=v1.15.0-beta.0 "--previous-release-version=tags/v1.14.0" --repository kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api-provider-vsphere --prefix-area-label=false --deprecation=false --add-kubernetes-version-support=false >> _releasenotes/v1.15.0-beta.0.md
2025/11/06 08:45:01 --previous-release-version must contain 'alpha', 'beta', or 'rc' pre-release identifier
https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api-provider-vsphere/actions/runs/19129815304/job/54667591304

The --previous-release-version flag should not be set for the first pre-release.

More context here: kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api#12995

We should modify our Makefile accordingly, ~ here:

RELEASE_NOTES_PRE_RELEASE_ARG ?= "--previous-release-version=tags/$(_PREVIOUS_RELEASE_TAG)"

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