Properly fetch tags

[svaningelgem]

Closes #1467
Closes #1471
Closes #1662
Closes #1781
Closes #2039
Closes #2041
Closes #2106
Closes #2127
Closes #2199

This fix would allow one to specify fetch-tags.
Right now, it doesn't work as advertised (ie: no tags were fetched, even when configured as true)

With this change, it'll add a "--tags" cli entry, which will fetch the tags - regardless of the provided depth.

EDIT: after checking the other tickets and @TingluoHuang 's comment in #2039, I dug deeper and provided an all-encompassing fix for the wrong behaviour in git 2.48.

[svaningelgem]

Just saw a lot of PRs for the same:
But I checked a bit with different executables and it seems this is purely an issue with the 2.48-versions:

The launched command was always:

$GIT_BIN -c protocol.version=2 fetch --prune --no-recurse-submodules --depth=1 --tags origin +3041a467946a2a31694e3ab6323d6a3e105d9bda:refs/remotes/pull

2.47.1: no problem

Using git version: git version 2.47.1
Initialized empty Git repository in /home/steven/gitbuild/test-7/.git/
remote: Enumerating objects: 278, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (278/278), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (144/144), done.
remote: Total 278 (delta 95), reused 209 (delta 43), pack-reused 0 (from 0)
Receiving objects: 100% (278/278), 121.49 KiB | 846.00 KiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (95/95), done.
From https://github.com/AvarionMC/yaml
 * [new ref]         3041a467946a2a31694e3ab6323d6a3e105d9bda -> pull
 * [new tag]         1.0.0                                    -> 1.0.0
 * [new tag]         1.1.0                                    -> 1.1.0
 * [new tag]         1.1.1                                    -> 1.1.1
 * [new tag]         1.1.2                                    -> 1.1.2
 * [new tag]         1.1.3                                    -> 1.1.3
 * [new tag]         1.1.4                                    -> 1.1.4
 * [new tag]         1.1.5                                    -> 1.1.5
 * [new tag]         1.1.6                                    -> 1.1.6
 * [new tag]         1.1.7                                    -> 1.1.7
 * [new tag]         1.1.8                                    -> 1.1.8
 * [new tag]         1.1.9                                    -> 1.1.9

2.48.0: problem

Using git version: git version 2.48.0
Initialized empty Git repository in /home/steven/gitbuild/test-8/.git/
remote: Enumerating objects: 88, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (88/88), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (56/56), done.
remote: Total 88 (delta 18), reused 65 (delta 14), pack-reused 0 (from 0)
Unpacking objects: 100% (88/88), 92.57 KiB | 504.00 KiB/s, done.
From https://github.com/AvarionMC/yaml
 * [new ref]         3041a467946a2a31694e3ab6323d6a3e105d9bda -> pull

2.48.1: problem

Using git version: git version 2.48.1
Initialized empty Git repository in /home/steven/gitbuild/test-81/.git/
remote: Enumerating objects: 88, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (88/88), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (56/56), done.
remote: Total 88 (delta 18), reused 65 (delta 14), pack-reused 0 (from 0)
Unpacking objects: 100% (88/88), 92.57 KiB | 298.00 KiB/s, done.
From https://github.com/AvarionMC/yaml
 * [new ref]         3041a467946a2a31694e3ab6323d6a3e105d9bda -> pull

2.49.0: no problem

Using git version: git version 2.49.0
Initialized empty Git repository in /home/steven/gitbuild/test/.git/
remote: Enumerating objects: 278, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (278/278), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (144/144), done.
remote: Total 278 (delta 95), reused 209 (delta 43), pack-reused 0 (from 0)
Receiving objects: 100% (278/278), 121.12 KiB | 375.00 KiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (95/95), done.
From https://github.com/AvarionMC/yaml
 * [new ref]         3041a467946a2a31694e3ab6323d6a3e105d9bda -> pull
 * [new tag]         1.0.0                                    -> 1.0.0
 * [new tag]         1.1.0                                    -> 1.1.0
 * [new tag]         1.1.1                                    -> 1.1.1
 * [new tag]         1.1.2                                    -> 1.1.2
 * [new tag]         1.1.3                                    -> 1.1.3
 * [new tag]         1.1.4                                    -> 1.1.4
 * [new tag]         1.1.5                                    -> 1.1.5
 * [new tag]         1.1.6                                    -> 1.1.6
 * [new tag]         1.1.7                                    -> 1.1.7
 * [new tag]         1.1.8                                    -> 1.1.8
 * [new tag]         1.1.9                                    -> 1.1.9

[ASHISHs21]

Great investigation, and thanks for going the extra mile to test across multiple Git versions.

Confirming from the logs:

2.47.1 and 2.49.0 correctly fetch tags as expected

2.48.0 and 2.48.1 fail to fetch tags even with --tags

This validates that the issue is specific to the 2.48.x series and not related to actions/checkout logic directly — but it's great to see this PR work around that inconsistency with a robust fix.

[svaningelgem]

hello all, would there need to be any additional changes for this PR?
Thanks

[melissamforbs]

reviewed

[charlieforward9]

Whens this coming out!? Im writing a script that needs it!

[svaningelgem]

I'm guessing when you add five more exclamation marks? 😁

[4Source]

Looks fine to me

[gabor-borbely]

Stil not working in v5.0.0 ☹️ when will this be available?