From 9e46ffe59c332e07855f29ea26f86decf63dccc0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Bruten <109733895+james-bruten-mo@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2026 14:33:28 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] update to use base_ref, not base_sha

---
 .github/workflows/cla-check.yaml | 5 +----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/cla-check.yaml b/.github/workflows/cla-check.yaml
index 88ebb51..ae75efd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cla-check.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cla-check.yaml
@@ -108,10 +108,7 @@ jobs:
 
             git fetch origin ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }}
 
-            # Use the base SHA directly for comparison (works with forks)
-            BASE_SHA="${{ github.event.pull_request.base.sha }}"
-
-            CHANGED_FILES=$(git diff --name-only $BASE_SHA)
+            CHANGED_FILES=$(git diff --name-only $GITHUB_BASE_REF)
 
             if echo "$CHANGED_FILES" | grep -q "^CONTRIBUTORS.md$"; then
               echo "modified=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT

From 36f608e9d92a3cfcf2da1d272ea1c8cc148124fc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Bruten <109733895+james-bruten-mo@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2026 14:52:18 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] add origin/

---
 .github/workflows/cla-check.yaml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/cla-check.yaml b/.github/workflows/cla-check.yaml
index ae75efd..c8b78e9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cla-check.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cla-check.yaml
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ jobs:
 
             git fetch origin ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }}
 
-            CHANGED_FILES=$(git diff --name-only $GITHUB_BASE_REF)
+            CHANGED_FILES=$(git diff --name-only origin/$GITHUB_BASE_REF)
 
             if echo "$CHANGED_FILES" | grep -q "^CONTRIBUTORS.md$"; then
               echo "modified=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT