From 6195029b3e0fd5e75750e4fc601a234a069b5db7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alec Delaney <tekktrik@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2025 09:48:46 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Fix using JSON for spawning child workflows

---
 .github/workflows/coc-update.yml | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/coc-update.yml b/.github/workflows/coc-update.yml
index 8c4ee57..5fd8baf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/coc-update.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/coc-update.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ jobs:
         GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       run: |
         repo_list=$(gh repo list $GITHUB_REPOSITORY_OWNER --no-archived --json nameWithOwner --jq ".[].nameWithOwner")
-        echo repo_list=\"$repo_list\" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        jq_repo_list=$(jq -c -n '$ARGS.positional' --args ${repo_list[@]})
+        echo repo_list="$jq_repo_list" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
   update-coc:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest

From 7724382b21cc9321edd0607f5d318e368bf1941a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alec Delaney <tekktrik@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2025 09:49:17 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Use exit to end workflow early (skip)

---
 .github/workflows/coc-update.yml | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/coc-update.yml b/.github/workflows/coc-update.yml
index 5fd8baf..c08fb43 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/coc-update.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/coc-update.yml
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         # Ignore changes to this repo
         if [[ "${{ matrix.full_repo }}" == "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" ]]; then
-            echo "Skipping this repository ($GITHUB_REPOSITORY)..."
-            continue
+            echo "Skipping source repository ($GITHUB_REPOSITORY)..."
+            exit 0
         fi
 
         # Set the author information to Brutus

From 67d657cb4b78705a16df0e07cb99087df39cba31 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alec Delaney <tekktrik@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2025 09:49:39 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Perform checkouts for source and target repositories

---
 .github/workflows/coc-update.yml | 13 ++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/coc-update.yml b/.github/workflows/coc-update.yml
index c08fb43..5783ab3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/coc-update.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/coc-update.yml
@@ -42,8 +42,16 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         full_repo: ${{ fromJson(needs.plan-coc-update.outputs.repo_list) }}
     steps:
+    - name: Checkout this repo
+      uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      with:
+        path: sourcerepo
     - name: Checkout repo to be updated
       uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      with:
+        repository: ${{ matrix.full_repo }}
+        path: targetrepo
+        token: ${{ secrets.BRUTUS_PAT_TOKEN }}
     - name: Update Code of Conduct
       env:
         GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.BRUTUS_PAT_TOKEN }}
@@ -54,6 +62,9 @@ jobs:
             exit 0
         fi
 
+        # Work within target repo
+        cd targetrepo
+
         # Set the author information to Brutus
         git config --local user.email "brutus@beeware.org"
         git config --local user.name "Brutus (robot)"
@@ -66,7 +77,7 @@ jobs:
 
         # Add the new code of conduct
         echo "Replacing Code of Conduct..."
-        cp ../CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md .
+        cp ../sourcerepo/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md .
 
         # Commit and push the update
         echo "Syncing updates to remote..."