From 2600d49195bbd94b58286eb2eb139cc331124179 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?C=C3=A9sar=20Arroba=20Vico?=
 <19954079+cesararroba@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2026 11:51:12 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix(ci): create the release tracking ref locally in
 prepare-release (#13052)

---
 .github/workflows/prepare-release.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/prepare-release.yml b/.github/workflows/prepare-release.yml
index b0b19b8872..238c126802 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/prepare-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/prepare-release.yml
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ jobs:
           fi
           echo "Branch $BRANCH_NAME does not exist, creating it from master ($MASTER_SHA)..."
           gh api --method POST "repos/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/git/refs" -f ref="refs/heads/${BRANCH_NAME}" -f sha="${MASTER_SHA}"
-          git fetch origin "+refs/heads/${BRANCH_NAME}:refs/remotes/origin/${BRANCH_NAME}"
+          git update-ref "refs/remotes/origin/${BRANCH_NAME}" "$MASTER_SHA"
           git checkout -b "$BRANCH_NAME" "origin/$BRANCH_NAME"
         else
           echo "ERROR: Branch $BRANCH_NAME does not exist. For patch releases (X.Y.Z), the branch should already exist."