From 300b1dbc8c1a4d7c54ed824646e1c709d6773955 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Antoni Boucher <bouanto@zoho.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2026 12:33:10 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Make the CI step 'Create tag' faster

---
 .github/workflows/main.yml | 21 ++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index a3b8755e2cbc0..0a033d9d40d76 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -61,20 +61,15 @@ jobs:
         dpkg-deb --root-owner-group --build install
         mv install.deb gcc-15.deb
 
-    - name: Compute tag name
-      id: tag_name
-      run: |
-        git_hash=$(git rev-parse "$GITHUB_SHA")
-        echo "TAG_NAME=$git_hash" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
     - name: Create tag
       if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
       continue-on-error: true
-      uses: laputansoft/github-tag-action@v4.6
-      with:
-        github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        create_annotated_tag: true
-        tag: master-${{ steps.tag_name.outputs.TAG_NAME }}
+      env:
+        GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      run: |
+        gh api repos/${{ github.repository }}/git/refs \
+          -f ref=refs/tags/master-$GITHUB_SHA \
+          -f sha=$GITHUB_SHA
 
     - name: Create release
       if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' && !matrix.version.use_patch
@@ -83,7 +78,7 @@ jobs:
         repo_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         file: /home/runner/work/gcc/install/usr/lib/libgccjit.so.0.0.1
         asset_name: libgccjit${{ matrix.os.asset_name_suffix }}.so
-        tag: master-${{ steps.tag_name.outputs.TAG_NAME }}
+        tag: master-${{ github.sha }}
 
     - name: Create release
       if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
@@ -92,4 +87,4 @@ jobs:
         repo_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         file: /home/runner/work/gcc/gcc-15.deb
         asset_name: ${{ matrix.version.asset_name }}${{ matrix.os.asset_name_suffix }}.deb
-        tag: master-${{ steps.tag_name.outputs.TAG_NAME }}
+        tag: master-${{ github.sha }}