try to get the current git branch

Author: bashbaug

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ jobs:
       contents: write
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+      - name: Get Spec Source
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
         with:
           submodules: recursive
           # If fetch-depth: 0 is not specified, then
@@ -40,6 +41,13 @@ jobs:
             git config --global --add safe.directory '*'
             ls -lda . .. .git Makefile
 
+      - name: Refresh Git Information
+        if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+            git fetch --force --tags
+            git checkout "${GITHUB_REF_NAME}"
+
       - name: Build Specs
         run: |
           python3 makeSpec -clean -spec core OUTDIR=out.release -j 5 api c env ext cxx4opencl