fetch-tags is not working according to the docs with v4

[64J0]

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 -creatordate

The 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.

[brandonsturgeon]

I'm getting this too. I don't want to set fetch depth to 0.
It looks like git fetch --tags before running my commands works 👍

e: Looks like this still breaks if I use git describe --tags but that might be unrelated.

[nerudaj]

Still an issue.

[guettli]

The issue looks like this for us:

We are running 4.1.7 and use fetch-depth: 0, fetch-tags: true.

git tag -l lists all tags, except the tags we pushed (and which triggered our GithubAction for releasing).

We use git describe to detect the current git-tag. Since the pushed tag is not visible, our release process fails.

[csteenbock]

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 --tags like it should:

/opt/homebrew/bin/git -c protocol.version=2 fetch --prune --no-recurse-submodules --depth=1 origin +ab3c37e37b1bb41e6336a1f34d4f75f5706879af:refs/remotes/pull/193/merge

EDIT: You can see that they are not adding --tags in the fetch function here. I tried creating a branch to fix it, but I guess I don't have permission.

[totkeks]

I tried creating a branch to fix it, but I guess I don't have permission.

You need to create a fork of the repo first and then make a PR towards the original repo.

[jakeatoms]

I'm experiencing something related, wherein I am using fetch-depth: 0 and am getting all tags. The docs state that fetch-tags defaults to false, but it doesn't appear to be working. I get the same behavior even when I explicitly pass fetch-tags: false.