From 6f408e5913b1ff15708ceb0ee05113dd2a416284 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sean Li <xili9@microsoft.com>
Date: Thu, 21 May 2026 18:14:23 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Avoid gh pr checkout in pull request helper workflow

---
 .github/workflows/pull-request-helper.yml | 9 ++-------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull-request-helper.yml b/.github/workflows/pull-request-helper.yml
index 258ef2e129..f239ed0f5e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull-request-helper.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull-request-helper.yml
@@ -15,13 +15,8 @@ jobs:
           # this is the personal access token used for "git push" below
           # which is needed in order to trigger workflows
           token: ${{ secrets.PR_HELPER_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
-      - name: Check out PR branch
-        env:
-          NUMBER: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
-        run: |
-          gh pr checkout $NUMBER
+          repository: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name }}
+          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}
 
       - name: Setup Gradle
         uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@50e97c2cd7a37755bbfafc9c5b7cafaece252f6e # v6