fixes for release workflow

Author: dieharders

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -46,14 +46,14 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0 # Fetch all history for proper Git submodule initialization
 
       - name: Set up Node.js
         uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
           node-version: "18"
 
-        - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with: