Retrieving tag name during a release?

[thbar]

I am trying to simulate a release because I need to test my workflow and ensure some verifications occurs during the release.

I could not find a way to retrieve the GITHUB_REF nor to set it via an event file.

I tried via:

act released --container-architecture linux/amd64 -e fake-release.json 

with e.g.

{
    "released": {
        "ref": "refs/tags/this-is-a-tag"
    }
}

but the resulting output is always | refs/tags/ when echoed from a step.

I've checked out #1465 and similar but with no success so far!

Is there a work-around for this? Thank you!