diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 4558f25..101ae9b 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ outputs:
     description: 'The branch that triggered the workflow run. e.g `1/merge`, `main`'
   git_tag:
     description: 'The tag that triggered the workflow run. e.g `v0.0.1`, `0.0.1`'
+  git_ref:
+    description: 'The git tag or branch that triggered this workflow, if tag is present this output will contain the tag, otherwise the branch name'
 
   ci_hostname:
     description: 'ci server hostname without http(s) prefix'
diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index 1c92803..ccbba1b 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -31155,6 +31155,7 @@ function collect_git(debug = false, output = false) {
     git_ref_branch       : false,
     git_is_default_branch: false,
     git_tag              : false,
+    git_ref              : false,
     semver_valid         : false,
     semver_major         : false,
     semver_minor         : false,
@@ -31196,13 +31197,15 @@ function collect_git(debug = false, output = false) {
         );
       }
       r.git_current_branch    = github.context.ref.slice('refs/heads/'.length);
+      r.git_ref               = r.git_current_branch;
       r.git_ref_branch        = r.git_current_branch; // same as current branch for non-PR, non-Tag
-      r.git_is_default_branch = r.git_current_branch == r.git_default_branch;
+      r.git_is_default_branch = r.git_current_branch === r.git_default_branch;
     }
 
     // parse semver for tags
     if (r.git_is_tag) {
       r.git_tag = github.context.ref.slice('refs/tags/'.length);
+      r.git_ref = r.git_tag;
 
       const parsed = parseSemVer(r.git_tag);
       if (debug) {
diff --git a/src/collect_git.js b/src/collect_git.js
index 5ee3f28..11d9ab2 100644
--- a/src/collect_git.js
+++ b/src/collect_git.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ export function collect_git(debug = false, output = false) {
     git_ref_branch       : false,
     git_is_default_branch: false,
     git_tag              : false,
+    git_ref              : false,
     semver_valid         : false,
     semver_major         : false,
     semver_minor         : false,
@@ -54,13 +55,15 @@ export function collect_git(debug = false, output = false) {
         );
       }
       r.git_current_branch    = github.context.ref.slice('refs/heads/'.length);
+      r.git_ref               = r.git_current_branch;
       r.git_ref_branch        = r.git_current_branch; // same as current branch for non-PR, non-Tag
-      r.git_is_default_branch = r.git_current_branch == r.git_default_branch;
+      r.git_is_default_branch = r.git_current_branch === r.git_default_branch;
     }
 
     // parse semver for tags
     if (r.git_is_tag) {
       r.git_tag = github.context.ref.slice('refs/tags/'.length);
+      r.git_ref = r.git_tag;
 
       const parsed = semverParser.parseSemVer(r.git_tag);
       if (debug) {