diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index 388ef02..14e671c 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -3967,7 +3967,7 @@ async function listAllFilesAsAdded() {
 }
 exports.listAllFilesAsAdded = listAllFilesAsAdded;
 async function getCurrentRef() {
-    core.startGroup(`Determining current ref`);
+    core.startGroup(`Get current git ref`);
     try {
         const branch = (await exec_1.default('git', ['branch', '--show-current'])).stdout.trim();
         if (branch) {
@@ -4010,7 +4010,7 @@ async function getCommitCount() {
 }
 async function getLocalRef(shortName) {
     if (isGitSha(shortName)) {
-        return await hasCommit(shortName) ? shortName : undefined;
+        return (await hasCommit(shortName)) ? shortName : undefined;
     }
     const output = (await exec_1.default('git', ['show-ref', shortName], { ignoreReturnCode: true })).stdout;
     const refs = output
@@ -4032,14 +4032,14 @@ async function ensureRefAvailable(name) {
         let ref = await getLocalRef(name);
         if (ref === undefined) {
             await exec_1.default('git', ['fetch', '--depth=1', '--no-tags', 'origin', name]);
-        }
-        ref = await getLocalRef(name);
-        if (ref === undefined) {
-            await exec_1.default('git', ['fetch', '--depth=1', '--tags', 'origin', name]);
-        }
-        ref = await getLocalRef(name);
-        if (ref === undefined) {
-            throw new Error(`Could not determine what is ${name} - fetch works but it's not a branch, tag or commit SHA`);
+            ref = await getLocalRef(name);
+            if (ref === undefined) {
+                await exec_1.default('git', ['fetch', '--depth=1', '--tags', 'origin', name]);
+                ref = await getLocalRef(name);
+                if (ref === undefined) {
+                    throw new Error(`Could not determine what is ${name} - fetch works but it's not a branch, tag or commit SHA`);
+                }
+            }
         }
         return ref;
     }
diff --git a/src/git.ts b/src/git.ts
index 4a7572d..f08d2e5 100644
--- a/src/git.ts
+++ b/src/git.ts
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ export async function listAllFilesAsAdded(): Promise<File[]> {
 }
 
 export async function getCurrentRef(): Promise<string> {
-  core.startGroup(`Determining current ref`)
+  core.startGroup(`Get current git ref`)
   try {
     const branch = (await exec('git', ['branch', '--show-current'])).stdout.trim()
     if (branch) {
@@ -236,15 +236,16 @@ async function ensureRefAvailable(name: string): Promise<string> {
     let ref = await getLocalRef(name)
     if (ref === undefined) {
       await exec('git', ['fetch', '--depth=1', '--no-tags', 'origin', name])
+      ref = await getLocalRef(name)
+      if (ref === undefined) {
+        await exec('git', ['fetch', '--depth=1', '--tags', 'origin', name])
+        ref = await getLocalRef(name)
+        if (ref === undefined) {
+          throw new Error(`Could not determine what is ${name} - fetch works but it's not a branch, tag or commit SHA`)
+        }
+      }
     }
-    ref = await getLocalRef(name)
-    if (ref === undefined) {
-      await exec('git', ['fetch', '--depth=1', '--tags', 'origin', name])
-    }
-    ref = await getLocalRef(name)
-    if (ref === undefined) {
-      throw new Error(`Could not determine what is ${name} - fetch works but it's not a branch, tag or commit SHA`)
-    }
+
     return ref
   } finally {
     core.endGroup()