Merge 5af601ff71 into 0c366fd6a8

Co-authored-by: Nicola Soranzo <nicola.soranzo@gmail.com>

CHANGELOG.md

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 # Changelog
 
+## v6.0.2
+* Fix tag handling: preserve annotations and explicit fetch-tags by @ericsciple in https://github.com/actions/checkout/pull/2356
+
+## v6.0.1
+* Add worktree support for persist-credentials includeIf by @ericsciple in https://github.com/actions/checkout/pull/2327
+
 ## v6.0.0
 * Persist creds to a separate file by @ericsciple in https://github.com/actions/checkout/pull/2286
 * Update README to include Node.js 24 support details and requirements by @salmanmkc in https://github.com/actions/checkout/pull/2248

README.md

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 *NOTE:* The user email is `{user.id}+{user.login}@users.noreply.github.com`. See users API: https://api.github.com/users/github-actions%5Bbot%5D
 
+# Outputs
+
+The `checkout` action provides the following outputs that can be referenced in later steps:
+- `ref`, the Git ref that was checked out (not available if the checkout resulted in a detached `HEAD`)
+- `commit`, the SHA of the commit that was checked out
+
 # Recommended permissions
 
 When using the `checkout` action in your GitHub Actions workflow, it is recommended to set the following `GITHUB_TOKEN` permissions to ensure proper functionality, unless alternative auth is provided via the `token` or `ssh-key` inputs: