Ensure all tags are fetched when checking out the repo

.gitea/workflows/release.yml

@@ -10,20 +10,19 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: self-hosted
 
     steps:
-      # 1. Checkout repository
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+            fetch-depth: 0   # fetch full history
+            tags: true       # fetch all tags
 
-      # 2. Read VERSION file and check if tag exists
       - name: Check/Create Tag
         id: tag
         run: |
           VERSION=$(cat VERSION | tr -d '[:space:]')  # read version and trim whitespace
           echo "Version: $VERSION"
 
-          # if git rev-parse "v$VERSION" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+          if git rev-parse "v$VERSION" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-          tags=$(git tag -l "v$(cat VERSION)" | wc -l)
-          if [[ $tags == "1" ]]; then
             echo "Tag v$VERSION already exists. Skipping release."
             exit 0
           fi
@@ -35,7 +34,6 @@ jobs:
 
           echo "version=$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
-      # 3. Build artifacts (only runs if tag did not exist)
       - name: Build Artifacts
         if: steps.tag.outputs.version
         run: |
@@ -43,7 +41,6 @@ jobs:
           ./package
           ls -l dist/
 
-      # 4. Create release
       - name: Create Release
         if: steps.tag.outputs.version
         id: create_release
@@ -65,7 +62,6 @@ jobs:
           RELEASE_ID=$(echo $RESPONSE | jq -r '.id')
           echo "release_id=$RELEASE_ID" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
-      # 5. Upload artifacts
       - name: Upload Artifacts
         if: steps.tag.outputs.version
         run: |
@@ -80,7 +76,6 @@ jobs:
               "https://git.thewizardapprentice.com/api/v1/repos/${{ gitea.repository }}/releases/$RELEASE_ID/assets?name=$FILENAME"
           done
 
-      # 6. Cleanup artifacts
       - name: Cleanup
         if: steps.tag.outputs.version
         run: rm -rf dist/*