Testing workflow fixes for VERSION from env

Author: cengique

.github/workflows/build-linux.yml

@@ -16,9 +16,16 @@ jobs:
     container: debian:oldstable-slim
     env:
       release_name: release-linux-x86_64
-      VERSION: ${{ contains(github.ref_name, 'v1.3.0') && github.ref_name || 'v1.3.0-' ${GITHUB_SHA:0:8} }}
+      COMMIT_SHA8: ${GITHUB_SHA:0:8}
+      VERSION: >-
+        ${{ ( ( startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags') && github.ref_name ) ||
+              ( startsWith(github.ref_name, 'v1.3.0') && github.ref_name ) ||
+              ( 'v1.3.0-' env.COMMIT_SHA8 ) ) }}
 
     steps:
+    #- name: set version by tag name (as alternative to above)
+    #  run: echo ${{ join('VERSION=', github.ref_name) }} >> $GITHUB_ENV
+    #  if: ${{ ...  }}
     - name: dependencies
       run: |
         apt update -y
@@ -35,10 +42,11 @@ jobs:
           rsync \
           git
     - uses: actions/checkout@v6
-      with:
-        fetch-tags: true
-    - name: Git unsafe
-      run: git config --global --add safe.directory /__w/tremulous/tremulous
+    ## attempts for setting version via tag, but doesn't work for shallow copy:
+    #  with:
+    #    fetch-tags: true 
+    #- name: Git unsafe
+    #  run: git config --global --add safe.directory /__w/tremulous/tremulous
     - name: make
       run: USE_RESTCLIENT=1 USE_INTERNAL_LUA=1 USE_CURL_DLOPEN=0 make -j
     - name: download paks