Merge e0a2428b27 into 8e8c483db8

README: Add hint when using annotated tags
Until a proper fix is released, I believe this will be helpful to share this trick to community. Bug: https://github.com/actions/checkout/issues/290 Relate-to: https://github.com/actions/checkout/pull/1506 Relate-to: https://github.com/actions/checkout/issues/649 Origin: https://github.com/actions/checkout/pull/2081 Signed-off-by: Philippe Coval <philippe.coval@silabs.com>
2026-03-04 08:41:01 +08:00 · 2025-12-12 20:01:48 +00:00 · 2025-02-13 21:45:59 +01:00
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@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ Please refer to the [release page](https://github.com/actions/checkout/releases/

    # The branch, tag or SHA to checkout. When checking out the repository that
    # triggered a workflow, this defaults to the reference or SHA for that event.
+    # For tags, it can be forced to ${{ github.ref }} (useful if using git-describe)
    # Otherwise, uses the default branch.
    ref: ''