fix: clean up release.yml formatting and version comments

Author: BYK

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -6,35 +6,38 @@ on:
         description: Version to release (or "auto")
         required: false
       force:
-        description: Force a release even when there are release-blockers
+        description: Force a release even when there are release-blockers (optional)
         required: false
       merge_target:
-        description: Target branch to merge into
+        description: Target branch to merge into. Uses the default branch as a fallback (optional)
         required: false
+
 permissions:
   contents: write
   pull-requests: write
 
 jobs:
   release:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    name: Release a new version
+    name: "Release a new version"
     steps:
-    - name: Get auth token
-      id: token
-      uses: actions/create-github-app-token@29824e69f54612133e76f7eaac726eef6c875baf # v2
-      with:
-        app-id: ${{ vars.SENTRY_RELEASE_BOT_CLIENT_ID }}
-        private-key: ${{ secrets.SENTRY_RELEASE_BOT_PRIVATE_KEY }}
-    - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6
-      with:
-        token: ${{ steps.token.outputs.token }}
-        fetch-depth: 0
-    - name: Prepare release
-      uses: getsentry/craft@1c58bfd57bfd6a967b6f3fc92bead2c42ee698ce # v2
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ steps.token.outputs.token }}
-      with:
-        version: ${{ inputs.version }}
-        force: ${{ inputs.force }}
-        merge_target: ${{ inputs.merge_target }}
+      - name: Get auth token
+        id: token
+        uses: actions/create-github-app-token@29824e69f54612133e76f7eaac726eef6c875baf # v2.2.1
+        with:
+          app-id: ${{ vars.SENTRY_RELEASE_BOT_CLIENT_ID }}
+          private-key: ${{ secrets.SENTRY_RELEASE_BOT_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        with:
+          token: ${{ steps.token.outputs.token }}
+          # Needs to be set, otherwise git describe --tags will fail with: No names found, cannot describe anything
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          submodules: 'recursive'
+      - name: Prepare release
+        uses: getsentry/craft@1c58bfd57bfd6a967b6f3fc92bead2c42ee698ce # v2
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ steps.token.outputs.token }}
+        with:
+          version: ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
+          force: ${{ github.event.inputs.force }}
+          merge_target: ${{ github.event.inputs.merge_target }}