From 8008994c509827b5577951ab0517929c9aa21912 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ramesh Padmanabhaiah <22363102+codeforester@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2026 05:51:07 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] ci: make release tests post-GA safe

---
 .github/workflows/tests.yml | 2 ++
 tests/release.bats          | 9 ++++++---
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index ccc21fc..b9c5e64 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@11d5960a326750d5838078e36cf38b85af677262 # v4
         with:
           persist-credentials: false
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          fetch-tags: true
 
       - name: Install validation tools (macOS)
         if: runner.os == 'macOS'
diff --git a/tests/release.bats b/tests/release.bats
index 99f6e2f..e598dea 100644
--- a/tests/release.bats
+++ b/tests/release.bats
@@ -22,15 +22,18 @@ setup() {
 
     cat >"$RELEASE_GIT_STUB" <<'EOF'
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-if [[ "${BASE_BASH_RELEASE_TEST_LOCAL_TAG:-}" == present && "$*" == *"show-ref --verify --quiet refs/tags/"* ]]; then
-    exit 0
+if [[ "$*" == *"show-ref --verify --quiet refs/tags/"* ]]; then
+    if [[ "${BASE_BASH_RELEASE_TEST_LOCAL_TAG:-}" == present ]]; then
+        exit 0
+    fi
+    exit 1
 fi
 if [[ "$*" == *"ls-remote --tags origin refs/tags/"* ]]; then
     if [[ "${BASE_BASH_RELEASE_TEST_REMOTE_STATUS:-ok}" == error ]]; then
         exit 2
     fi
     if [[ "${BASE_BASH_RELEASE_TEST_REMOTE_TAG:-}" == present ]]; then
-        printf 'deadbeef refs/tags/v2.0.0\n'
+        printf 'deadbeef refs/tags/%s\n' "${*##*refs/tags/}"
     fi
     exit 0
 fi