From 61fac4da4baf4e41345262aed26ae7a7744dda33 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tonye Jack <jtonye@ymail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2022 08:28:46 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Updated diff-sha.sh

---
 diff-sha.sh | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/diff-sha.sh b/diff-sha.sh
index 43897eb6..acbd95f4 100644
--- a/diff-sha.sh
+++ b/diff-sha.sh
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ else
         PREVIOUS_SHA=$(git rev-parse $(git branch -r --sort=-committerdate | head -1) 2>&1) && exit_status=$? || exit_status=$?
       fi
     else
-      PREVIOUS_SHA=$GITHUB_EVENT_PULL_REQUEST_BASE_SHA && exit_status=$? || exit_status=$?
+      PREVIOUS_SHA=$(git merge-base --fork-point "$CURRENT_BRANCH" "$TARGET_BRANCH" 2>&1) && exit_status=$? || exit_status=$?
     fi
 
     if [[ -z "$PREVIOUS_SHA" || "$PREVIOUS_SHA" == "$CURRENT_SHA" ]]; then
@@ -217,7 +217,9 @@ else
         echo "Fetching $depth commits..."
 
         # shellcheck disable=SC2086
-        git fetch -u --progress $EXTRA_ARGS --depth="$depth" origin +refs/heads/"$CURRENT_BRANCH":refs/remotes/origin/"$CURRENT_BRANCH"
+        git fetch -u --progress $EXTRA_ARGS --deepen="$depth" origin +refs/heads/"$CURRENT_BRANCH":refs/remotes/origin/"$CURRENT_BRANCH"
+        # set up branch tracking
+        git branch --track "$GITHUB_REF" origin/"$CURRENT_BRANCH" 2>/dev/null || true
 
         if [[ $depth -gt $max_depth ]]; then
           echo "::error::Unable to locate a common ancestor between $TARGET_BRANCH and $CURRENT_SHA"