Backport to 1.21.3: Use custom composite checkout action and fix buil…

…ds (#1926)

Co-authored-by: Matyrobbrt <[email protected]>

.github/workflows/build-prs.yml

@@ -20,22 +20,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 1000
-          fetch-tags: true
-
-      # GradleUtils will append the branch name to the version,
-      # but for that we need a properly checked out branch
-      - name: Create branch for commit (PR)
-        if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
-        run:
-          git switch -C pr-${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}
-
-      - name: Create branch for commit
-        if: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' }}
-        run:
-          git switch -C ${{ github.ref_name }}
+        uses: neoforged/actions/checkout@main
 
       - name: Setup JDK 21
         uses: neoforged/actions/setup-java@main

.github/workflows/check-local-changes.yml

@@ -13,16 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 1000
-          fetch-tags: true
-
-      # GradleUtils will append the branch name to the version,
-      # but for that we need a properly checked out branch
-      - name: Create branch for commit
-        run:
-          git switch -C pr-${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}
+        uses: neoforged/actions/checkout@main
 
       - name: Setup JDK 21
         uses: neoforged/actions/setup-java@main

.github/workflows/test-prs.yml

@@ -17,16 +17,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 1000
-          fetch-tags: true
-
-      # GradleUtils will append the branch name to the version,
-      # but for that we need a properly checked out branch
-      - name: Create branch for commit
-        run:
-          git switch -C pr-${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}
+        uses: neoforged/actions/checkout@main
 
       - name: Setup JDK 21
         uses: neoforged/actions/setup-java@main