feat: reworked the way tag artefacts are retrieved in ubuntu:select_jobs

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        # CASE WHERE A COMMIT TAG IS CREATED

        elif [[ ! -z "$CI_COMMIT_TAG" ]]; then

        	PROJECT_CURR_TAG_DATE=$(jq '.commit.created_at' <<<$(curl -s "$API_URL/projects/$CI_PROJECT_ID/repository/tags/$CI_COMMIT_TAG"))

            # retrieving data from current project

            TAG_MAJOR=$(echo "$CI_COMMIT_TAG" | awk -F'[v.]' '{print $2}')

            TAG_MINOR=$(echo "$CI_COMMIT_TAG" | awk -F'[v.]' '{print $3}')

            TAG_FIX=$(echo "$CI_COMMIT_TAG" | awk -F'[v.]' '{print $4}')

    	    echo "Retrieving tags of $DEP_NAME via url $DEP_API_URL/repository/tags?per_page=100."

            DEP_TAGS=$(jq --slurp '

                .[]

                | sort_by(.commit.created_at)

                | reverse

                ' <<<$(curl -s "$DEP_API_URL/repository/tags?per_page=100"))

        	TAGS_BEFORE_DATE=$(jq --slurp --arg before_date "$PROJECT_CURR_TAG_DATE" '

              .[]

              | map(select(.commit.created_at != null and (.commit.created_at <= $before_date)))

          ' <<<"$DEP_TAGS")

        	if [[ $(jq length <<<"$TAGS_BEFORE_DATE") != 0 ]]; then

        		BRANCH_TO_PULL=$(jq -r '.[0].name' <<<"$TAGS_BEFORE_DATE")

        		echo "Found release : $BRANCH_TO_PULL. Using it as \$BRANCH_TO_PULL."

            if [[ $(jq length <<< $DEP_TAGS) == 0 ]]; then

              echo "No tag found for $DEP_NAME at url $DEP_API_URL/repository/tags?per_page=100"

              echo "Leaving early."

              exit 1

            fi

            echo "Looking for latest fix release corresponding to minor  release : v$TAG_MAJOR.$TAG_MINOR.*"

            SELECTED_DEPS_TAGS=$(jq --arg major "$TAG_MAJOR" \

                                    --arg minor "$TAG_MINOR" \

                                    'map(select(.name | startswith("v\($major).\($minor).")))' <<< "$DEP_TAGS")

            if [[ $(jq length <<< $SELECTED_DEPS_TAGS) == 0 ]]; then

              echo "No release v$TAG_MAJOR.$TAG_MINOR.* found. Looking for latest minor release v$TAG_MAJOR.*.* in $DEP_NAME."

              SELECTED_DEPS_TAGS=$(jq --arg major "$TAG_MAJOR" \

                                    'map(select(.name | startswith("v\($major).")))' <<< "$DEP_TAGS")

            fi 

            if [[ $(jq length <<< $SELECTED_DEPS_TAGS) > 0 ]]; then

            	BRANCH_TO_PULL=$(jq -r '.[0].name' <<<"$SELECTED_DEPS_TAGS")

              echo "Found a release with corresponding $BRANCH_TO_PULL"

            else

        		echo "Found no release predating $CI_PROJECT_NAME $CI_COMMIT_TAG's date : $CI_COMMIT_TAG."

        		echo "Retrieving latest repo tag."

              echo "No release v$TAG_MAJOR.*.* found. Simply retrieving latest release v*.*.* in $DEP_NAME."

            	BRANCH_TO_PULL=$(jq -r '.[0].name' <<<"$DEP_TAGS")

        		echo "\$BRANCH_TO_PULL = $BRANCH_TO_PULL"

            fi

            echo "Found release : $BRANCH_TO_PULL. Using it as \$BRANCH_TO_PULL."

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        # CASE CASUAL COMMIT or Draft MR PIPELINE