mathieudutour / mathieudutour/github-tag-action

"Reference update failed" for creating tag with custom prefix

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TypeScript
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Description

Tried using this action in multiple repos, worked for a while, then seem broken for "github release creations"

cleaned logs
```
previous version was 0.1.0.

Analyzing commit: hotfix: Try fix githubactions release
The commit should not trigger a release
Analysis of 1 commits complete: no release

New version is 0.1.1.

New tag after applying prefix is release-20220404-v0.1.1.

Changelog is ### [0.1.1](https://github.com/XXXX/YYYY/compare/release-20220404-v0.1.0...release-20220404-v0.1.1) (2022-04-04)

.

Error: Reference update failed
```

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Research direction

The report provides cleaned GitHub Actions logs but names no source file or test. Start by reproducing tag creation with a custom prefix and trace the reference update step after the tag is generated. Done means the prefixed release tag and its reference are created successfully without the reported error.

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Assessment

Tech stack
git, github-actions, typescript
Domain
devops, release
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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