code checkout fixups (#1116)

.github/workflows/python.yml

@@ -17,11 +17,9 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
-          sparse-checkout-cone-mode: false
-          fetch-tags: true
-          fetch-depth: 99999
+          fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5