Remove github.rest.git.updateRef for updating nightly tag (mlflow#17229)

Co-authored-by: copilot-swe-agent[bot] <198982749+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: harupy <17039389+harupy@users.noreply.github.com>

Author: Copilot

.github/scripts/src/snapshots.ts

@@ -150,22 +150,6 @@ export async function uploadSnapshots({
  make_latest: "false" as const,
  };
 
- // Always update the tag to point to the current commit
- console.log(`Updating nightly tag to point to commit: ${context.sha}`);
- try {
- await github.rest.git.updateRef({
- owner,
- repo,
- ref: `tags/${RELEASE_TAG}`,
- sha: context.sha,
- force: true,
- });
- console.log("Successfully updated nightly tag");
- } catch (error: any) {
- console.log(`Failed to update tag: ${error.message}`);
- // If tag update fails, we'll still proceed with release update/creation
- }
-
  if (releaseExists) {
  console.log("Updating existing nightly release...");
  const { data: updatedRelease } = await github.rest.repos.updateRelease({

.github/workflows/snapshots.yml

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
  runs-on: ubuntu-latest
  timeout-minutes: 30
  permissions:
- contents: write # Needed to push tags and create releases
+ contents: write # Needed to create/update releases and manage assets
  steps:
  - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
  - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-python