fix: Checkout correct branch

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -41,12 +41,8 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     steps:
-      - name: checkout
-        run: |
-          # can't use actions/checkout here as transferring the shallow clone fails when using upload-/download-artifact
-          git clone https://token:[email protected]/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY . --depth=1
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:

hack/build-tag.sh

@@ -35,9 +35,13 @@ go run ./pip/generate
 TAG=v0.0.0-$PYTHON_VERSION-$PYTHON_STANDALONE_VERSION-$BUILD_NUM
 
 echo "checking out temporary branch"
-git checkout $(git rev-parse HEAD)
+git checkout --detach
+echo "adding embedded files"
 git add -f python/internal/data
 git add -f pip/internal/data
+echo "committing"
 git commit -m "added python $PYTHON_VERSION from python-standalone $PYTHON_STANDALONE_VERSION"
+echo "tagging"
 git tag -f $TAG
-git checkout -
+echo "checking out old ref"
+git checkout - || true