From 38e8dc1103cc0149038a7486795ed9a985789d82 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Justus Magin <keewis@posteo.de>
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2026 23:56:04 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] save the repository to a env name

---
 action.yaml | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/action.yaml b/action.yaml
index 029e965..7b4b1ad 100644
--- a/action.yaml
+++ b/action.yaml
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ runs:
         CREATOR: "app/github-actions"
         ISSUE_BODY: ${{ steps.formatter.outputs.ISSUE_BODY }}
         GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+        REPOSITORY: ${{ github.repository }}
       run: |
         issues=$(
           gh issue list \

From 44602f550171424e21a5650726d3c0f19af9657d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Justus Magin <keewis@posteo.de>
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2026 23:56:23 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] tell `gh` which repository to query / modify

---
 action.yaml | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/action.yaml b/action.yaml
index 7b4b1ad..7920b1a 100644
--- a/action.yaml
+++ b/action.yaml
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ runs:
       run: |
         issues=$(
           gh issue list \
+            --repo "$REPOSITORY" \
             -S "in:title $ISSUE_TITLE" \
             --state open \
             --author $CREATOR \
@@ -84,10 +85,12 @@ runs:
 
         if [[ $(echo "$issues" | jq 'length') -eq 1 ]]; then
             gh issue edit \
+              --repo "$REPOSITORY" \
               "$(echo "$issues" | jq '.[] | .number')" \
               --body-file $ISSUE_BODY
         else
             gh issue new \
+              --repo "$REPOSITORY" \
               --assignee "$ASSIGNEES" \
               --label "$ISSUE_LABEL" \
               --title "$ISSUE_TITLE" \

From 9b0ca8cebb7e169c287f2bafabb38388bed693ec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Justus Magin <keewis@posteo.de>
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2026 23:57:13 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] use the pre-set `GITHUB_REPOSITORY` env variable instead

---
 action.yaml | 7 +++----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/action.yaml b/action.yaml
index 7920b1a..5c9bfb4 100644
--- a/action.yaml
+++ b/action.yaml
@@ -71,11 +71,10 @@ runs:
         CREATOR: "app/github-actions"
         ISSUE_BODY: ${{ steps.formatter.outputs.ISSUE_BODY }}
         GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
-        REPOSITORY: ${{ github.repository }}
       run: |
         issues=$(
           gh issue list \
-            --repo "$REPOSITORY" \
+            --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" \
             -S "in:title $ISSUE_TITLE" \
             --state open \
             --author $CREATOR \
@@ -85,12 +84,12 @@ runs:
 
         if [[ $(echo "$issues" | jq 'length') -eq 1 ]]; then
             gh issue edit \
-              --repo "$REPOSITORY" \
+              --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" \
               "$(echo "$issues" | jq '.[] | .number')" \
               --body-file $ISSUE_BODY
         else
             gh issue new \
-              --repo "$REPOSITORY" \
+              --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" \
               --assignee "$ASSIGNEES" \
               --label "$ISSUE_LABEL" \
               --title "$ISSUE_TITLE" \