diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index d5327e5..fb306e7 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -135,6 +135,9 @@ pipeline {
 
                 sh("git config --global user.email $_MaintainerEmail")
                 sh("git config --global user.name  $_MaintainerName")	
+                withCredentials([usernamePassword(credentialsId: _SCMCredentials, passwordVariable: 'GIT_PASSWORD', usernameVariable: 'GIT_USERNAME')]) {
+                    sh("git remote set-url origin https://${GIT_USERNAME}:${GIT_PASSWORD}@chacha.ddns.net/gitea/${_PROJECT_USER_NAME}/${_PROJECT_NAME}.git")
+                }
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -148,6 +151,26 @@ pipeline {
                                extensions: [[$class: "CloneOption", noTags: false, shallow: false, depth: 0, reference: '']], 
                                userRemoteConfigs: [[credentialsId: _SCMCredentials, url: GIT_URL]]])
                     script{
+                        // using git to get the latest tag on this branch (before processing)
+                        def latestTag_beforeProcessing = sh(returnStdout:  true, script: "git tag --sort=-creatordate | head -n 1").trim()
+                        echo("latestTag_beforeProcessing:. . . . . . . . . . . . $latestTag  ")
+                                               
+                        sh(script:   """#!/bin/sh -
+                                         |. ~/TOOLS_ENV/bin/activate
+                                         |exec python - << '__EOWRAPPER__'
+                                         |
+                                         |from pygitversionhelper import gitversionhelper
+                                         |
+                                         |print(f"most recent repository tag: {gitversionhelper.tag.getLastTag()}")
+                                         |print(f"most recent repository tag: {gitversionhelper.tag.getLastTag(same_branch=True)}")
+                                         |print(f"number of commit since last tag: {gitversionhelper.tag.getDistanceFromTag()}")
+                                         |print(f"number of commit since last tag: {gitversionhelper.tag.getDistanceFromTag(same_branch=True)}")
+                                         |print(f"most recent repository version: {gitversionhelper.version.getLastVersion(formated_output=True)}")
+                                         |print(f'current repository version: {gitversionhelper.version.getCurrentVersion(formated_output=True,version_std="PEP440",bump_type="dev",bump_dev_strategy="post")}')
+                                         |
+                                         |__EOWRAPPER__
+                                      """.stripMargin())
+                                      
                         if(_GIT_BRANCH=="master")
                         {
                             if(sh(returnStdout:  true, script: "git tag --points-at HEAD").trim().isEmpty())
@@ -176,20 +199,14 @@ pipeline {
                                 else
                                 {
                                     echo "new-tag requested in commit message: $BUMPED_VERSION"
-                                    withCredentials([usernamePassword(credentialsId: _SCMCredentials, passwordVariable: 'GIT_PASSWORD', usernameVariable: 'GIT_USERNAME')]) {
-                                        sh("git remote set-url origin https://${GIT_USERNAME}:${GIT_PASSWORD}@chacha.ddns.net/gitea/${_PROJECT_USER_NAME}/${_PROJECT_NAME}.git")
-                                    }
+
                                     sh("git tag $BUMPED_VERSION")
                                     sh("git push origin --tags")
                                 }
                             }
                         }
-                    
-                        // using git to get the latest tag on this branch 
-                        def latestTag = sh(returnStdout:  true, script: "git tag --sort=-creatordate | head -n 1").trim()
-                        echo("latestTag:. . . . . . . . . . . . $latestTag  ")
-                                               
-                         sh(script:  """#!/bin/sh -
+                        
+                        sh(script:   """#!/bin/sh -
                                          |. ~/TOOLS_ENV/bin/activate
                                          |exec python - << '__EOWRAPPER__'
                                          |
@@ -204,7 +221,20 @@ pipeline {
                                          |
                                          |__EOWRAPPER__
                                       """.stripMargin())
-                                      
+                        
+                        latestTag = sh(script:   """#!/bin/sh -
+                                                     |. ~/TOOLS_ENV/bin/activate
+                                                     |exec python - << '__EOWRAPPER__'
+                                                     |
+                                                     |from pygitversionhelper import gitversionhelper
+                                                     |
+                                                     |print(gitversionhelper.tag.getLastTag(same_branch=True),end ="")
+                                                     |
+                                                     |__EOWRAPPER__
+                                                  """.stripMargin(),
+                                       returnStdout: true)
+                        echo("latestTag:. . . . . . . . . . . . $latestTag  ")
+                        
                         // get current (or bumped) version number from git history
                         PY_PROJECT_VERSION = sh(script:   """#!/bin/sh -
                                                              |. ~/TOOLS_ENV/bin/activate
@@ -220,11 +250,18 @@ pipeline {
                         echo("PY_PROJECT_VERSION: . . . . . . . . . $PY_PROJECT_VERSION")
                         PY_PROJECT_VERSION_STRIPPED=ExtractBaseVersion(PY_PROJECT_VERSION)
                         
+                        // Manually pushing a new tag with version string guessed by gitversionhelper 
+                        // because setuptools-git-versioning cant fing tag on other branches, so will guess a wring version without this tag.
+                        if(latestTag!=PY_PROJECT_VERSION)
+                        {
+                            sh("git tag $PY_PROJECT_VERSION")
+                            sh("git push origin --tags")
+                        }
+                        
                         // specific handling to test the template itself 
                         // => little hacky... creating a new git repo with a commit/tag corresponding to HEAD of the official one
                         if(_PROJECT_NAME=="pyChaChaDummyProject")  //specific case to test the template itself
                         {
-
 							sh("rm -Rf ~/_gitrepo  || true")
 							
                             sh(script:    """#!/bin/sh -