--- gitlab-runner-13.12.0/src/gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/shells/abstract.go~	2021-05-20 18:01:08.000000000 +0300
+++ gitlab-runner-13.12.0/src/gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/shells/abstract.go	2021-09-06 17:21:01.502430880 +0300
@@ -386,7 +386,11 @@
 
 func (b *AbstractShell) writeCheckoutCmd(w ShellWriter, build *common.Build) {
 	w.Noticef("Checking out %s as %s...", build.GitInfo.Sha[0:8], build.GitInfo.Ref)
-	w.Command("git", "checkout", "-f", "-q", build.GitInfo.Sha)
+	if build.GitInfo.RefType == common.RefTypeTag {
+		w.Command("git", "checkout", "-f", "-q", build.GitInfo.Sha)
+	} else {
+		w.Command("git", "checkout", "-fq", "-B", build.GitInfo.Ref, build.GitInfo.Sha)
+	}
 
 	cleanFlags := build.GetGitCleanFlags()
 	if len(cleanFlags) > 0 {