Re: [Csnd-dev] Github actions

one quick fix to test out
actions/checkout@v1
it's now on version 5
https://github.com/actions/checkout/releases/tag/v5.0.0

I make PR

On Mon, 1 Sept 2025 at 10:39, Victor Lazzarini <
[email protected]> wrote:

>
> Some of the actions from csound_builds.yml
> are failing in the code checkout stage, eg
>
> error: cannot lock ref 'refs/tags/csound5.07': Unable to create
> '/Users/runner/work/csound/csound/.git/refs/tags/csound5.07.lock': File
> exists.
>
> <https://github.com/csound/csound/actions/runs/17366059887/job/49300955762#step:3:1617>
>
> <https://github.com/csound/csound/actions/runs/17366059887/job/49300955762#step:3:1618>Another
> git process seems to be running in this repository, e.g.
>
> <https://github.com/csound/csound/actions/runs/17366059887/job/49300955762#step:3:1619>an
> editor opened by 'git commit'. Please make sure all processes
>
> <https://github.com/csound/csound/actions/runs/17366059887/job/49300955762#step:3:1620>are
> terminated then try again. If it still fails, a git process
>
> <https://github.com/csound/csound/actions/runs/17366059887/job/49300955762#step:3:1621>may
> have crashed in this repository earlier:
>
> <https://github.com/csound/csound/actions/runs/17366059887/job/49300955762#step:3:1622>remove
> the file manually to continue.
>
> <https://github.com/csound/csound/actions/runs/17366059887/job/49300955762#step:3:1623>Error:
> Git fetch failed with exit code: 255
>
> <https://github.com/csound/csound/actions/runs/17366059887/job/49300955762#step:3:1624>Error:
> Exit code 1 returned from process: file name
> '/Users/runner/actions-runner/cached/bin/Runner.PluginHost', arguments
> 'action "GitHub.Runner.Plugins.Repository.v1_0.CheckoutTask,
> Runner.Plugins"'.
>
> Does anyone know how to fix that? I noticed it first happen last week and
> I was able to re-run the jobs but now they're failing on re-runs too.
>
>
> Prof. Victor Lazzarini
> Maynooth University
> Ireland
>