From 60adb53d75c11215fcb691394a451c151ad6cb04 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shubham Patil <shubham.patil@espressif.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2026 16:12:31 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] ci: use the target branch for comapring typos

---
 .gitlab-ci.yml | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 9c9eb24e2..346be46af 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -745,9 +745,10 @@ check_typos:
   stage: check_typos
   script:
     - pip install codespell
-    - git fetch origin main
+    # Use target branch for MR pipelines, fallback to main for branch push pipelines
+    - git fetch origin ${CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TARGET_BRANCH_NAME:-main}
     - |
-      FILES=$(git diff --name-only origin/main...HEAD)
+      FILES=$(git diff --name-only origin/${CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TARGET_BRANCH_NAME:-main}...HEAD)
       echo "change files: $FILES"
       if [ -n "$FILES" ]; then
         ./tools/check_typos.sh $FILES