get tags for dynamic versioning

Author: Titus-von-Koeller

.github/workflows/python-package.yml

@@ -166,6 +166,13 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 1  # shallow clone
+      - name: Fetch tags for dynamic versioning in setup.py
+        run: |
+          git fetch --depth=1 origin --tags
+          echo "Available Git tags:"
+          git tag -n
       - name: Download build artifact
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
@@ -183,7 +190,8 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
           cache: pip
       - run: pip install build wheel
-      - run: python -m build .
+      # for now need to do the below instead of prior `python -m build .`, which didn't allow us to access git tags
+      - run: python -m build --sdist && python -m build --wheel
       - name: Determine and Set Platform Tag, then Tag Wheel
         shell: bash
         run: |