STF-1604: Analyze the merge commit in CodeQL on pull requests

[oschwald]

The CodeQL init step warns on every run:

1 issue was detected with this workflow: git checkout HEAD^2 is no longer necessary. Please remove this step as Code Scanning recommends analyzing the merge commit for best results.

This removes the git checkout HEAD^2 step and the fetch-depth: 2 it needed. On pull requests, CodeQL now analyzes the merge commit that actions/checkout fetches by default. The init, autobuild, and analyze steps are unchanged.

This PR's own CodeQL run should show no warning in the "Initialize CodeQL" step.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Chores
  • Updated the automated security analysis workflow to use the default checkout depth and remain on the checked-out revision during pull request runs. This does not change any user-facing features or behavior.

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⚙️ Run configuration

Configuration used: Organization UI

Review profile: ASSERTIVE

Plan: Advanced

Run ID: 6064c5c0-8f0f-4df9-803e-e88cae7b5bef

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• .github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml

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• .github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The CodeQL workflow no longer sets fetch-depth: 2 or checks out HEAD^2 for pull requests. Subsequent steps use the commit provided by the checkout action.

Changes

CodeQL workflow

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Checkout configuration .github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml	The checkout step no longer sets fetch-depth: 2. The pull-request-only step that checked out HEAD^2 is removed.

Priority: ⬇️ Low

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~5 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 2c594

CodeQL now analyzes the pull-request merge commit as intended. No actionable merge-blocking risk was identified; the change is ready to merge after normal checks.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 0…
Linked Issues check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check	✅ Passed	Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly identifies the main change: CodeQL will analyze the merge commit on pull requests.

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The default depth is set in place
No second parent takes the ride
CodeQL follows the checked-out side
Then clover waits on the other side}

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Copilot review overview

🟢 Approval recommended

The focused workflow change is correct, and the updated CodeQL run completed successfully without the targeted warning.

Review effort: Balanced
Findings: None

What changed in this PR

Updates CodeQL pull-request analysis to use the default merge commit checkout.

Changes:

• Removed the unnecessary HEAD^2 checkout.
• Restored the default shallow checkout depth.
• Confirmed the PR’s CodeQL run succeeds without the warning.

File	Description
.github/​workflows/​codeql-analysis.yml	Uses the default checked-out revision for CodeQL analysis.

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