diff --git a/actions/runner_test.go b/actions/runner_test.go
index cb620acc9e1..890eca1818f 100644
--- a/actions/runner_test.go
+++ b/actions/runner_test.go
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ func TestParseImageGithub(t *testing.T) {
 		{"nektos/act/foo", "https://github.com/nektos/act", "master", "foo", true},
 		{"nektos/act@xxxxx", "https://github.com/nektos/act", "xxxxx", ".", true},
 		{"nektos/act/bar/baz@zzzzz", "https://github.com/nektos/act", "zzzzz", "bar/baz", true},
+		{"assimovt/actions-github-deploy/github-deploy@deployment-status-metadata", "https://github.com/assimovt/actions-github-deploy", "deployment-status-metadata", "github-deploy", true},
 		{"nektos/zzzzundefinedzzzz", "", "", "", false},
 	}
 
diff --git a/common/git.go b/common/git.go
index 33063f9da23..549727b3c44 100644
--- a/common/git.go
+++ b/common/git.go
@@ -185,11 +185,14 @@ func NewGitCloneExecutor(input NewGitCloneExecutorInput) Executor {
 		cloneLock.Lock()
 		defer cloneLock.Unlock()
 
+		refName := plumbing.ReferenceName(fmt.Sprintf("refs/heads/%s", input.Ref))
+
 		r, err := git.PlainOpen(input.Dir)
 		if err != nil {
 			r, err = git.PlainClone(input.Dir, false, &git.CloneOptions{
-				URL:      input.URL.String(),
-				Progress: input.Logger.WriterLevel(log.DebugLevel),
+				URL:           input.URL.String(),
+				Progress:      input.Logger.WriterLevel(log.DebugLevel),
+				ReferenceName: refName,
 			})
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
@@ -206,10 +209,12 @@ func NewGitCloneExecutor(input NewGitCloneExecutorInput) Executor {
 
 		err = w.Checkout(&git.CheckoutOptions{
 			//Branch: plumbing.NewHash(ref),
-			Hash: plumbing.NewHash(input.Ref),
+			Branch: refName,
+			//Hash: plumbing.NewHash(input.Ref),
+			Force: true,
 		})
 		if err != nil {
-			input.Logger.Error(err)
+			input.Logger.Errorf("Unable to checkout %s: %v", refName, err)
 			return err
 		}