fetch-tags is not working according to the docs with v4 #1781
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Hello, hope you're good. I'm running some experiments in order to build a custom action that demands the tags from the repo. I noticed that it was possible, in theory, just using the fetch-tags: true, but it does not work. I can only get the tags if I use the fetch-depth: 0.
Example workflow:
jobs:
custom-action:
runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
steps:
- name: Checkout repo
uses: actions/checkout@v4
with:
path: tagaction
fetch-tags: true
- name: Try to get the tags
run: |
cd tagaction
git tag --sort -creatordateThe last command (git tag --sort -creatordate) shows nothing in this case.
But, if I use the fetch-depth: 0, it lists correctly the tags from the repository.
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sarahsturgeon commentedon Jun 27, 2024
I'm getting this too. I don't want to set fetch depth to 0.
It looks like
git fetch --tagsbefore running my commands works 👍e: Looks like this still breaks if I use
git describe --tagsbut that might be unrelated.ci: Add fetch-depth: 0 as a workaround get tags on checkout
ci: Add fetch-depth: 0 as a workaround get tags on checkout
ci: Add fetch-depth: 0 as a workaround get tags on checkout
fetch-tags does not work correctly
github: revert back to running git fetch --tags manually
nerudaj commentedon Sep 22, 2024
Still an issue.
guettli commentedon Oct 2, 2024
The issue looks like this for us:
We are running 4.1.7 and use
fetch-depth: 0,fetch-tags: true.git tag -llists all tags, except the tags we pushed (and which triggered our GithubAction for releasing).We use
git describeto detect the current git-tag. Since the pushed tag is not visible, our release process fails.csteenbock commentedon Dec 2, 2024
Also not working for me. I have
fetch-tags: true, and it shows that in the action log, but the git command is not adding--tagslike it should:/opt/homebrew/bin/git -c protocol.version=2 fetch --prune --no-recurse-submodules --depth=1 origin +ab3c37e37b1bb41e6336a1f34d4f75f5706879af:refs/remotes/pull/193/mergeEDIT: You can see that they are not adding
--tagsin thefetchfunction here. I tried creating a branch to fix it, but I guess I don't have permission.totkeks commentedon Jan 4, 2025
You need to create a fork of the repo first and then make a PR towards the original repo.
fetch tags when fetch-depth > 0. fix actions#1781
jakeatoms commentedon Jan 20, 2025
I'm experiencing something related, wherein I am using
fetch-depth: 0and am getting all tags. The docs state thatfetch-tagsdefaults tofalse, but it doesn't appear to be working. I get the same behavior even when I explicitly passfetch-tags: false.11 remaining items