Update actions/checkout action to v7 (release-2.16)

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This PR contains the following updates:

Package	Type	Update	Change
actions/checkout	action	major	v4 → v7

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actions/checkout (actions/checkout)

v7.0.1

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• Skip running unsafe pr check if input is default by @​aiqiaoy in #​2518
• Trim only ascii whitespace for branch by @​aiqiaoy in #​2521
• Escape values passed to --unset by @​aiqiaoy in #​2530
• Various dependency updates

v7.0.0

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• Block checking out fork PR for pull_request_target and workflow_run by @​aiqiaoy in #​2454
• Various dependency updates

v7

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• Skip running unsafe pr check if input is default by @​aiqiaoy in #​2518
• Trim only ascii whitespace for branch by @​aiqiaoy in #​2521
• Escape values passed to --unset by @​aiqiaoy in #​2530
• Various dependency updates

v6.1.0

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What's Changed

• [BREAKING] backport allow-unsafe-pr-checkout to v6 by @​aiqiaoy in #​2500
• backport fixes to releases-v6 by @​aiqiaoy in #​2527

https://github.blog/changelog/2026-06-18-safer-pull_request_target-defaults-for-github-actions-checkout/ for more details about this breaking change

Full Changelog: actions/checkout@v6.0.3...v6.1.0

v6.0.3

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• Fix checkout init for SHA-256 repositories by @​yaananth in #​2439
• fix: expand merge commit SHA regex and add SHA-256 test cases by @​yaananth in #​2414

v6.0.2

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• Fix tag handling: preserve annotations and explicit fetch-tags by @​ericsciple in #​2356

v6.0.1

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• Add worktree support for persist-credentials includeIf by @​ericsciple in #​2327

v6.0.0

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• Persist creds to a separate file by @​ericsciple in #​2286
• Update README to include Node.js 24 support details and requirements by @​salmanmkc in #​2248

v6

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• Fix checkout init for SHA-256 repositories by @​yaananth in #​2439
• fix: expand merge commit SHA regex and add SHA-256 test cases by @​yaananth in #​2414

v5.1.0

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What's Changed

• [BREAKING] backport allow-unsafe-pr-checkout to v5 by @​aiqiaoy in #​2501
• backport fixes to releases-v5 by @​aiqiaoy in #​2523

https://github.blog/changelog/2026-06-18-safer-pull_request_target-defaults-for-github-actions-checkout/ for more details about this breaking change

Full Changelog: actions/checkout@v5.0.1...v5.1.0

v5.0.1

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• Port v6 cleanup to v5 by @​ericsciple in #​2301

v5.0.0

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• Update actions checkout to use node 24 by @​salmanmkc in #​2226

v5

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• Port v6 cleanup to v5 by @​ericsciple in #​2301

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