From e0aadd55e788db8eae85b92cf95ffa5a7d6564a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Phred <fearphage@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2026 17:42:13 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] feat: added `refName` and `refType` to context

source: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/workflows-and-actions/variables\#default-environment-variables
---
 packages/github/src/context.ts | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/packages/github/src/context.ts b/packages/github/src/context.ts
index 60554fd322..0840b13254 100644
--- a/packages/github/src/context.ts
+++ b/packages/github/src/context.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ export class Context {
   eventName: string
   sha: string
   ref: string
+  refName: string
+  refType: string
   workflow: string
   action: string
   actor: string
@@ -41,6 +43,8 @@ export class Context {
     this.eventName = process.env.GITHUB_EVENT_NAME as string
     this.sha = process.env.GITHUB_SHA as string
     this.ref = process.env.GITHUB_REF as string
+    this.refName = process.env.GITHUB_REF_NAME as string
+    this.refType = process.env.GITHUB_REF_TYPE as string
     this.workflow = process.env.GITHUB_WORKFLOW as string
     this.action = process.env.GITHUB_ACTION as string
     this.actor = process.env.GITHUB_ACTOR as string

From a3590c036004e90f95731c9bb010fd5af1c0641b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Phred <fearphage@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2026 18:27:47 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] added missing unit tests

---
 packages/github/__tests__/lib.test.ts | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+)

diff --git a/packages/github/__tests__/lib.test.ts b/packages/github/__tests__/lib.test.ts
index e77e79c627..12b283d23f 100644
--- a/packages/github/__tests__/lib.test.ts
+++ b/packages/github/__tests__/lib.test.ts
@@ -79,4 +79,32 @@ describe('@actions/context', () => {
       repo: 'test'
     })
   })
+
+  describe('refs', () => {
+    it.each([
+      'refs/heads/main',
+      'refs/heads/feature-branch',
+      'refs/pull/42/merge',
+      'refs/tags/v2.0.4'
+    ])(`should set context.ref: %s`, ref => {
+      process.env.GITHUB_REF = ref
+
+      expect(new Context()).toHaveProperty(`ref`, ref)
+    })
+
+    it.each([`meh-${Date.now()}`, 'catpants', 'v1.2.3'])(
+      'should set context.refName: %s',
+      refName => {
+        process.env.GITHUB_REF_NAME = refName
+
+        expect(new Context()).toHaveProperty('refName', refName)
+      }
+    )
+
+    it.each(['branch', 'tag'])('should set context.refType: %s', refType => {
+      process.env.GITHUB_REF_TYPE = refType
+
+      expect(new Context()).toHaveProperty('refType', refType)
+    })
+  })
 })