From aa68932532eb5b193e7b8044d88e9b8d67b550ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Timo Sachsenberg <timo.sachsenberg@uni-tuebingen.de>
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 16:42:05 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Update main.yml

---
 .github/workflows/main.yml | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index a3a898d..55c2f6b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@ jobs:
           CMAKE_ARGS: -G"Visual Studio 17 2022" -A"x64"
 
     steps:
+    
+    - name: Set global action variables
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        TAG_NAME="release-$(date +'%Y%m%d')"
+        echo "TAG_NAME=$TAG_NAME" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
         path: contrib
@@ -90,8 +97,6 @@ jobs:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       run: |
         cd "${{ github.workspace }}/contrib"
-        TAG_NAME="release-$(date +'%Y%m%d%H%M%S')"
-        echo "TAG_NAME=$TAG_NAME" >> $GITHUB_ENV
         git tag $TAG_NAME
         git push origin $TAG_NAME
       shell: 'bash'