tag_name and ref are not honored in gitlab-releaser.json

The contents of the file:

{ "defaults": { "name": "$$CHANGELOG", "description": "$$CHANGELOG", "ref": "1.0.2" } } or the same with tag_name instead of ref.

The ref / tag_name specified are different from the default $CI_COMMIT_TAG.

The value of those fields is not honored and the default one is still used, resulting in the error: "Release not found in changelog "CHANGELOG.md" for tag "rel-1.0.2""

$CI_COMMIT_TAG=rel-1.0.2 but I need to look for changelog entries of 1.0.2.

Using the latest 2.0.2 version