diff --git a/.github/workflows/repo.yml b/.github/workflows/repo.yml
index 8a37a8e0..0ef92ab8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/repo.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/repo.yml
@@ -78,17 +78,19 @@ jobs:
           cmd: test
 
   publish:
-    if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && (github.event.action == 'opened' || github.event.action == 'synchronize') }}
+    if: github.event_name == 'pull_request' && (github.event.action == 'opened' || github.event.action == 'synchronize')
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0  # Fetch all history for all branches and tags
+  
       - name: Set up Node.js ${{ env.NODE_VERSION }}
         uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
           node-version: ${{ env.NODE_VERSION }}
           cache: 'npm'
-
+  
       - name: Restore node modules from cache
         uses: actions/cache@v3
         with:
@@ -96,20 +98,18 @@ jobs:
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-node-${{ hashFiles('**/yarn.lock') }}
           restore-keys: |
             ${{ runner.os }}-node-
-      
+  
       - name: Prepare version for publish
-        id: prep
         run: |
           PR_NUMBER=$(echo ${{ github.event.number }})
           CURRENT_VERSION=$(node -p "require('./package.json').version")
-          # Fetch all history for all tags and branches to ensure we're counting accurately
-          git fetch --prune --unshallow
-          # Count the number of commits on the current branch and subtract 1 to start the index at 0
+          # Ensure we have the full history to accurately count commits
+          git fetch --prune --unshallow || git fetch --depth=1 origin master:refs/remotes/origin/master
+          # Count the number of commits on the current branch
           COMMIT_COUNT=$(($(git log master..HEAD --oneline | wc -l) - 1))
           NEW_VERSION="${CURRENT_VERSION}-dev.${PR_NUMBER}.${COMMIT_COUNT}"
           echo "NEW_VERSION=$NEW_VERSION" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-
+  
       - name: Echo version for testing
         run: |
-          echo "Version to publish: $NEW_VERSION"
-          echo "Adds a commit to test increment"
\ No newline at end of file
+          echo "Version to publish: $NEW_VERSION"
\ No newline at end of file