From 29c989937d535ea8f7d2cf20451d98f8bcd47c58 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Edoardo Zoni <ezoni@lbl.gov>
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 16:43:32 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Debug new workflow to check files

---
 .github/workflows/check_diff.yml | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/check_diff.yml b/.github/workflows/check_diff.yml
index 8c0dd8ba12d..3fa27d70cdf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check_diff.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check_diff.yml
@@ -15,9 +15,34 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: Define base and head refs
+        env:
+          BASE_REF: ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }}
+          HEAD_REF: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}
+          FORK_OWNER: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.owner.login }}
+          FORK_REPO: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.name }}
+        run: |
+          echo "Base ref: ${BASE_REF}"
+          echo "Head ref: ${HEAD_REF}"
+          echo "Fork owner: ${FORK_OWNER}"
+          echo "Fork repo: ${FORK_REPO}"
+      - name: Add forked repository as remote
+        env:
+          FORK_URL: https://github.com/${FORK_OWNER}/${FORK_REPO}.git
+        run: |
+          git remote add fork ${FORK_URL}
+      - name: Fetch base branch from main repository
+        run: |
+          git fetch origin ${BASE_REF}
+      - name: Fetch head branch from forked repository
+        run: |
+          git fetch fork ${HEAD_REF}
       - name: Get changed files
+        env:
+          BASE_REF: ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }}
+          HEAD_REF: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}
         run: |
-          git diff --name-only --diff-filter=ACMRTUXB ${GITHUB_BASE_REF}..${GITHUB_HEAD_REF} > check_diff.txt
+          git diff --name-only --diff-filter=ACMRTUXB origin/${BASE_REF}..fork/${HEAD_REF} > check_diff.txt
       - name: Check changed files
         run: |
           if grep -v -E "^(docs|\.github)/" check_diff.txt; then
@@ -26,4 +51,4 @@ jobs:
             echo "skip=true" >> ${GITHUB_OUTPUT}
           fi
     outputs:
-      skip: ${{ steps.check.outputs.skip_workflows }}
+      skip: ${{ steps.check.outputs.skip }}