From ffce3af6792ca781e54f9543dd826a41f3074f84 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mike Penz <mikepenz@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2020 10:04:10 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] - add support to prefer retrieving current `toTag` from
 `github.context.ref` if it starts with `refs/tags/` instead of git command

---
 src/main.ts | 20 +++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index 6968453..7716c1e 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -48,11 +48,21 @@ async function run(): Promise<void> {
     const ignorePreReleases = core.getInput('ignorePreReleases')
 
     if (!toTag) {
-      // if not specified try to retrieve tag from git
-      const gitHelper = await createCommandManager(repositoryPath)
-      const latestTag = await gitHelper.latestTag()
-      toTag = latestTag
-      core.debug(`toTag = '${latestTag}'`)
+      // if not specified try to retrieve tag from github.context.ref
+      if (github.context.ref.startsWith('refs/tags/')) {
+        toTag = github.context.ref.replace('refs/tags/', '')
+        core.info(
+          `🔖 Resolved current tag (${toTag}) from the 'github.context.ref'`
+        )
+      } else {
+        // if not specified try to retrieve tag from git
+        const gitHelper = await createCommandManager(repositoryPath)
+        const latestTag = await gitHelper.latestTag()
+        toTag = latestTag
+        core.info(
+          `🔖 Resolved current tag (${toTag}) from 'git rev-list --tags --skip=0 --max-count=1'`
+        )
+      }
     }
 
     if (!owner || !repo) {