fix: Editorial review PR comment acknowledgment failing#1115
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The acknowledge command was failing with "fatal: not a git repository" because gh CLI requires either a checkout or explicit --repo flag. Fixes /editorial-review PR comment trigger failing on acknowledgment step. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Pull request overview
This PR fixes a critical bug in the /editorial-review PR comment trigger workflow where the acknowledgment step was failing with "fatal: not a git repository" error. The fix adds the --repo flag to the gh pr comment command in the check-trigger job, allowing it to work without a repository checkout.
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- Added
--repo ${{ github.repository }}flag togh pr commentcommand in the acknowledgment step
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Problem
The
/editorial-reviewcommand in PR comments was triggering the workflow but failing on the acknowledgment step with:Root cause
The
check-triggerjob runsgh pr commentwithout:actions/checkout@v4)--repoflagThe
ghCLI needs one of these to work.Solution
Added
--repo ${{ github.repository }}flag to thegh pr commentcommand.This is the minimal fix - no checkout needed since we're only posting a comment via GitHub API.
Testing
After merge, comment
/editorial-reviewon any PR - should see:✅ "🔍 Editorial review started! View workflow run" comment posted immediately
Related
/editorial-reviewPR comment trigger functionality