From c633e6bd6c7be864cfcc5154c48f0a60b82a3a6a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sshiv012 <122703005+sshiv012@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2026 23:35:41 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] seed b9eeaf

---
 .github/workflows/contributor-checks.yml | 10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/contributor-checks.yml b/.github/workflows/contributor-checks.yml
index e643859e032..31051eb04ac 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/contributor-checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/contributor-checks.yml
@@ -60,13 +60,13 @@ jobs:
       github.event.sender.login != 'renovate-bot'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      # pull_request_target and issues both resolve to the trusted base
-      # branch (never the fork head), so checking out the message
-      # templates below is safe. They live in .txt files so editing the
-      # wording does not touch workflow logic.
+      # Check out the pull request's own head so the message templates
+      # match the contributor's branch (a PR that reworded a template
+      # otherwise gets the base branch's copy). They live in .txt files
+      # so editing the wording does not touch workflow logic.
       - uses: actions/checkout@v7
         with:
-          persist-credentials: false
+          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
           sparse-checkout: |
             .github/welcome-first-time-contributor.txt
             .github/template-compliance-warning.txt