From 015d634222df6cdb9db348fa33837d78580b5d81 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Charles Ewert <cewert@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2023 10:45:44 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] save branch to env variable

---
 .github/workflows/release-prep.yml | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-prep.yml b/.github/workflows/release-prep.yml
index 1332f21a7..ea63ff5f0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-prep.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-prep.yml
@@ -10,10 +10,12 @@ jobs:
     if: ${{ contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'release-prep') }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
+      - name: Save branch name
+        run: echo "branch=${GITHUB_BASE_REF}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - name: Checkout the branch this PR wants to update
         uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4
         with:
-          ref: ${{ GITHUB_BASE_REF }}
+          ref: env.branch
       - name: Install jq to parse json
         uses: awalsh128/cache-apt-pkgs-action@latest
         with: