From 93ec6e249854f594f7c73e1ceda7ec2a23773add Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tim Conley <timothy.conley@temporal.io>
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2026 11:52:12 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Support standalone pinned changelog tool checkouts

---
 .github/workflows/changelog-fragments.yml | 11 +++++++++++
 README.md                                 |  5 +++++
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/changelog-fragments.yml b/.github/workflows/changelog-fragments.yml
index b735207..b33a014 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/changelog-fragments.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/changelog-fragments.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ on:
         description: Path to the pinned sdk-rust checkout; use '.' in sdk-rust itself
         required: true
         type: string
+      sdk-rust-revision:
+        description: Optional pinned SDK Rust revision to check out at sdk-rust-path for repositories without a Core submodule
+        default: ''
+        type: string
       fragments-directory:
         description: Repository-relative directory containing category folders
         default: changelog
@@ -39,6 +43,13 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           submodules: true
+      - name: Check out shared changelog tool
+        uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
+        if: steps.override.outputs.skip != 'true' && inputs.sdk-rust-revision != ''
+        with:
+          repository: temporalio/sdk-rust
+          ref: ${{ inputs.sdk-rust-revision }}
+          path: ${{ inputs.sdk-rust-path }}
       - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@29eef336d9b2848a0b548edc03f92a220660cdb8 # stable
         if: steps.override.outputs.skip != 'true'
       - name: Require and validate category fragments
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7c83a1f..4aa03cd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ permissions, and the `skip-changelog` override. Pin the workflow to a reviewed
 commit, and update the caller's sdk-rust pin to a revision containing the tool
 before switching workflows.
 
+Repositories without a Core submodule can pass `sdk-rust-revision` with a pinned
+SDK Rust commit and set `sdk-rust-path` to a separate directory, such as
+`.changelog-tool`. The workflow checks out that revision there and builds only
+the shared changelog CLI. Existing submodule callers omit this input.
+
 
 ## Why do this