[No QA] Don't get local copies of remote branches we don't need

.github/workflows/cherryPick.yml

@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Cherry-pick the version-bump to staging
         run: |
           # Find the commit for the version-bump
+          git fetch origin main
           git switch main
           VERSION_BUMP_COMMIT="$(git log --format='%H' --author='OSBotify' --grep 'Update version to ${{ env.NEW_VERSION }}')"
 

.github/workflows/finishReleaseCycle.yml

@@ -70,15 +70,10 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Update production branch
         run: |
-          # Get the production branch locally
-          git switch production
-
-          # Delete the production branch and re-create it from staging
-          git switch staging
-          git branch -D production
+          # Re-create the production branch from staging
           git switch -c production
 
-          # Force-update push the new production branch.
+          # Force-update the remote production branch.
           git push --force origin production
 
       - if: ${{ failure() }}
@@ -111,15 +106,10 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Update staging branch to trigger staging deploy
         run: |
-          # Get the staging branch locally
-          git switch staging
-
-          # Delete the staging branch and re-create it from main
-          git switch main
-          git branch -D staging
+          # Re-create the staging branch from main
           git switch -c staging
 
-          # Force-update the updated staging branch
+          # Force-update the remote staging branch
           git push --force origin staging
 
       - if: ${{ failure() }}

.github/workflows/preDeploy.yml

@@ -100,12 +100,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Update staging branch from main
         if: ${{ !fromJSON(needs.chooseDeployActions.outputs.SHOULD_CP) }}
         run: |
-          # Get the staging branch locally
-          git switch staging
-
-          # Delete the staging branch and re-create it from main
-          git switch main
-          git branch -D staging
+          # Re-create the staging branch from main
           git switch -c staging
 
           # Force-update the remote staging branch