[glenn-jocher]

Valid CLA signature comments with trailing whitespace or surrounding Markdown currently never reach the normalized action matcher because the workflow gate requires exact equality.

This makes only the signature gate permissive. The recheck command remains exact, and the action still decides whether a single normalized line is a valid signature, so quoted or instructional text does not sign the CLA.

Related matcher fix: ultralytics/actions#894

Validation:

• actionlint .github/workflows/cla.yml
• npx [email protected] --check .github/workflows/cla.yml

🛠️ PR Summary

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🌟 Summary

Updated the CLA workflow gate to pass comments containing the standard signature text to the normalized action matcher, allowing valid signatures with trailing whitespace or surrounding Markdown to be evaluated.

📊 Key Changes

• Replaced the exact CLA signature comment comparison with a contains() check in .github/workflows/cla.yml.
• Kept the recheck command’s exact-match behavior unchanged.
• Left final signature validation to the action’s normalized single-line matcher, so quoted or instructional text does not automatically sign the CLA.
• The PR lists validation with actionlint and Prettier for the workflow file.

🎯 Purpose & Impact

CLA signature comments that include formatting around the standard text can now reach the matcher, while recheck remains exact and the action continues to determine whether the normalized comment is a valid signature.

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🔍 PR Review

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Reviewed the workflow condition and its interaction with the CLA action. The change is narrowly scoped, preserves exact recheck handling, and allows normalized signature comments to reach the action without treating quoted or instructional text as signatures. Validation scope is appropriate. LGTM.

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🎉 This PR was successfully merged—thank you, @glenn-jocher, for improving the CLA workflow gate in PR #30!

“Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.” — Vincent van Gogh

The updated contains() check allows formatted CLA comments to reach the action’s normalized matcher while preserving exact-match behavior for recheck and keeping final signature validation with the action.