Non-standard ref names are no longer found about checkout HOT 3 OPEN

name: Demo for non-standard ref names issue

on:
  workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
  push_ref:
    name: Create non-standard ref name
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    outputs:
      ref: ${{ steps.push.outputs.ref }}

    permissions:
      contents: write

    steps:
      - name: Checkout repo
        uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: Create dummy commit, and push as non-standard ref
        id: push
        run: |
          git config user.name 'github-actions[bot]'
          git config user.email '41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com'
          echo "Dummy" > dummy
          git add dummy
          git commit -m 'Dummy commit (run id ${{ github.run_id }})'
          git push origin HEAD:$REF
          echo "ref=$REF" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
        env:
          REF: "refs/deploy-bot/${{ github.run_id }}/merge"

  checkout_old_working:
    name: Checkout non-standard ref name (working @4.1.6)
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: push_ref

    steps:
      - name: Checkout repo
        uses: actions/[email protected]
        with:
          ref: ${{ needs.push_ref.outputs.ref }}

      - name: Show latest commit
        run: |
          git log -1
          cat dummy

  checkout_new_failing:
    name: Checkout non-standard ref name (failing @ > 4.1.6)
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: push_ref

    steps:
      - name: Checkout repo
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          ref: ${{ needs.push_ref.outputs.ref }}

      - name: Show latest commit
        run: |
          git log -1
          cat dummy