[UPSTREAM_BUG] tags not being feteched in in checkout v4

[rickstaa]

Bug Description:

A bug has been identified in version 4 of the actions/checkout GitHub Action, where the fetch-tags argument set to true fails to fetch tags. This issue is documented on GitHub.

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Create a new repository.
2. Add the following action file in the .github/workflows folder:

name: Create/update tag
on:
  workflow_dispatch:
jobs:
  create-tag:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          fetch-tags: true
      - uses: rickstaa/action-create-tag@v1
        id: "tag_create"
        with:
          tag: "latest"
          tag_exists_error: false
          message: "Latest release"

      # Print result using the env variable.
      -  run: |
          echo "Tag already present: ${{ env.TAG_EXISTS }}"

      # Print result using the action output.
      - run: |
          echo "Tag already present: ${{ steps.tag_create.outputs.tag_exists }}"

4. Push the latest tag to the branch to ensure its existence.
5. Run the action using the GitHub Action interface.
6. Observe that the tag is not found, and a hint: Updates were rejected because the tag already exists in the remote. error is thrown.

Expected Behavior:

As per the actions/checkout documentation, the provided action recipe should fetch tags, and the tag should be recognized as already present.

Solution:

As a temporary solution, update the README to instruct users to use the fetch-depth: 0 argument to fetch all tags until GitHub issue #1471 is resolved. Once fixed, the fetch-tags: true argument can be used again.

[rickstaa]

This will be fixed once #40 gets merged. Down the road, we can smoothly transition to the fetch-tags argument.

[rickstaa]

I am closing this for now. I will update the documentation when actions/checkout#1471 is fixed upstream.