From 6e372a2f251bda4f1b5e33c279a6d85f9d5c826d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eddie A Tejeda <669988+eddietejeda@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2026 12:38:03 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] ci: set origin/HEAD before running release.sh

actions/checkout does not create refs/remotes/origin/HEAD, so
release.sh's default_branch() resolved to an empty string and the first
Cut Release run failed on an empty pathspec.
---
 .github/workflows/cut-release.yml | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/cut-release.yml b/.github/workflows/cut-release.yml
index fb68c23..f5be7c6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cut-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cut-release.yml
@@ -72,6 +72,12 @@ jobs:
           git config user.name "$slug"
           git config user.email "${id}+${slug}@users.noreply.github.com"
 
+      # release.sh resolves the default branch from origin/HEAD, which
+      # actions/checkout never sets; without this the script sees an empty
+      # branch name and git aborts on an empty pathspec.
+      - name: Point origin/HEAD at the default branch
+        run: git remote set-head origin --auto
+
       - name: Prepare release
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
@@ -125,6 +131,12 @@ jobs:
           git config user.name "$slug"
           git config user.email "${id}+${slug}@users.noreply.github.com"
 
+      # release.sh resolves the default branch from origin/HEAD, which
+      # actions/checkout never sets; without this the script sees an empty
+      # branch name and git aborts on an empty pathspec.
+      - name: Point origin/HEAD at the default branch
+        run: git remote set-head origin --auto
+
       - name: Tag and push
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}