Versions and Tags Not Being Created Properly on Github - github

Question

I have modified the Github workflow on a practice app to make it change version and patch with every push to the master branch.
In Github workflows - it says this process has been successful:
However when I check under releases and tags - no releases or tags are listed.
Is there something I'm missing, here is my pipeline.yml
name: Deployment pipeline
on:
push:
branches:
- master
pull_request:
branches: [master]
types: [opened, synchronize]
jobs:
simple_deployment_pipeline:
runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout#v3
- uses: actions/setup-node#v3
with:
node-version: '16'
- name: npm install
run: npm install
- name: lint
run: npm run eslint
- name: build
run: npm run build
- name: test
run: npm run test
- name: e2e tests
uses: cypress-io/github-action#v4
with:
build: npm run
start: npm run start-prod
wait-on: http://localhost:5000
tag_release:
needs: [simple_deployment_pipeline]
runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
steps:
- name: Bump version and push tag
uses: anothrNick/github-tag-action#1.36.0
if: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && !contains(join(github.event.commits.*.message, ' '), '#skip') }}
env:
GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
DEFAULT_BUMP: patch
RELEASE_BRANCHES: master
The log under tag_release looks like this:

Answer 1

Your problem, which can be inferred by the error message, is that you haven't checked out the code inside the job. This is noted in the readme of the dependent action.
name: Bump version
on:
push:
branches:
- master
jobs:
build:
runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout#v3
with:
fetch-depth: '0'
- name: Bump version and push tag
uses: anothrNick/github-tag-action#v1
env:
GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
This is a common mistake, many assume that the code should exist in the job by default, but once you get varying type of workflows you will understand some use cases where you don't actually need to checkout the local git repo.
Take a look at the action you are using and consider sticking to the #v1 tag or at the very least pick a more recent version (1.36 is over a year old).