From 452b583cbf46a6c9384a557ab76d2b7f39f71ad2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matt Thompson <matthew.thompson@nasa.gov>
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2025 13:37:01 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Update GitHub Actions to use blobless clones (#3318)

---
 .github/workflows/docs.yml                | 6 ++++++
 .github/workflows/push-to-develop.yml     | 1 +
 .github/workflows/push-to-main.yml        | 1 +
 .github/workflows/validate_yaml_files.yml | 6 +++++-
 .github/workflows/workflow.yml            | 4 ++++
 CHANGELOG.md                              | 1 +
 6 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index 3e4740e794dc..1dae02b37a48 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          filter: blob:none
 
       - name: Build and Deploy Docs
         uses: ./.github/actions/deploy-ford-docs
@@ -34,6 +37,9 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          filter: blob:none
 
       - name: Build and Deploy Dev Docs
         uses: ./.github/actions/deploy-ford-docs
diff --git a/.github/workflows/push-to-develop.yml b/.github/workflows/push-to-develop.yml
index 449820dd235a..59f89da2710d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/push-to-develop.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/push-to-develop.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
+          filter: blob:none
       - name: Run the action
         uses: devops-infra/action-pull-request@v0.5.5
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/push-to-main.yml b/.github/workflows/push-to-main.yml
index 6c8a112a92e9..e558b7db0ce2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/push-to-main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/push-to-main.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
+          filter: blob:none
       - name: Run the action
         uses: devops-infra/action-pull-request@v0.5.5
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate_yaml_files.yml b/.github/workflows/validate_yaml_files.yml
index 449db6e674da..4b4c11672284 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate_yaml_files.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate_yaml_files.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@ jobs:
   validate-YAML:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Checkout repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          filter: blob:none
       - id: yaml-lint
         name: yaml-lint
         uses: ibiqlik/action-yamllint@v3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/workflow.yml
index e5f266150bc7..d0194d858c52 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/workflow.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          filter: blob:none
 
       - name: Build and Deploy Docs
         uses: ./.github/actions/deploy-ford-docs
@@ -102,6 +105,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 1
+          filter: blob:none
       - name: Set all directories as git safe
         run: |
           git config --global --add safe.directory '*'
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b62e2990fc25..d2fdf3ce41b7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 - Changed MAPL_ESMFRegridder to require the dstMaskValues to be added as grid attribute to use fixed masking, fixes UFS issue
 - Increased formatting width of time index in ExtData2G diagnostic print
+- Updated GitHub checkout action to use blobless clones
 
 ### Fixed