fix(ci): check out the repo for the /changelog Claude step - #10865
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The claude-code-action performs git operations (configure user, fetch origin main) that assume a checked-out repo. The changelog-command workflow had no checkout, so the step failed with git exit code 128 and, being continue-on-error, silently posted the fallback comment instead of a draft. Add a checkout of the default branch (never PR head, persist-credentials off); the PR content is still supplied only as the diff passed to the prompt.
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Pull request overview
This PR fixes the /changelog GitHub Actions workflow by ensuring the Claude changelog drafting step runs inside an actual checked-out git repository (required because claude-code-action performs git operations like git fetch).
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- Add an
actions/checkoutstep before collecting the PR diff and invokinganthropics/claude-code-action.
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The claude-code-action performs git operations (configure user, fetch origin main) that assume a checked-out repo. The changelog-command workflow had no checkout, so the step failed with git exit code 128 and, being continue-on-error, silently posted the fallback comment instead of a draft. Add a checkout of the default branch (never PR head, persist-credentials off), and grant contents: read so the job token can fetch; the PR content is still supplied only as the diff.
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Follow-up from #10864 Also need this urgently merged and tested before the next release. Admin-merging |
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Motivation
After the OIDC fix (#10864), the
/changelogClaude step still failed:claude-code-actionruns git operations (configure user,git fetch origin main) that assume a checked-out repo.changelog-command.ymlhad no checkout, so the step failed with git exit 128 and, beingcontinue-on-error, silently posted the fallback comment ("Could not draft… add by hand") instead of a draft.Solution
Add a checkout of the default branch before the Claude step, matching what the release job already does.
persist-credentialsis off and PR head is never checked out; the PR content is still supplied only as the diff passed in the prompt, so no PR or fork code is executed.AI Disclosure
AI tools were used: Claude diagnosed and wrote the fix.