From aee1f583a5a561c1e7bfa7ea80ea764c1011d420 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dan <dan.woz@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2026 19:24:25 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Set GH_REPO at job level so gh CLI works without git context

The lookup step runs before checkout, so gh pr list with no repo
context fails with 'fatal: not a git repository'. Setting GH_REPO at
job level makes all gh pr/run calls resolve the repo from env.
---
 .github/workflows/release.yml | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index e0c899d..3ac93da 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ concurrency:
 jobs:
   release:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      # gh CLI needs repo context for `pr list/merge/checks/create`. Setting
+      # GH_REPO at job level means those calls work before checkout (the
+      # lookup step runs before any checkout).
+      GH_REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
     steps:
       - name: Detect target salt version
         id: detect