From fc5c5385705fce3149ad52817b2744e53e3b852c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Willy <jemand771@gmx.net>
Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2023 22:06:52 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] try to fix git describe on gha - seems like actions/checkout
 doesn't fetch tags by default

---
 .github/workflows/build.yml | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 6091aa5b..c3aedd39 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@ jobs:
       node_version: 16.14.0
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - name: get stable/unstable states
+      - name: fetch tags
+        # check on https://github.com/actions/checkout/pull/579 occasionally if actions/checkout can do this natively yet
+        run: git fetch --tags
+      - name: get version information
         id: versions
         run: |
           TAG=$(git describe --tags)