Remove the usage of shared artifacts from the checks workflow (#2673)

.github/workflows/checks.yml

@@ -55,18 +55,6 @@ jobs:
         id: category
         run: echo "category=$(python3 -m scripts.changed.category)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
-      - name: Clone new addition
-        if: steps.removal.outputs.removal != 'true'
-        run: |
-          repo=$(python3 -m scripts.changed.repo)
-          git clone --depth 1 "https://github.com/$repo" /tmp/repositories/addition
-
-      - name: Upload shared artifacts
-        if: steps.removal.outputs.removal != 'true'
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: repositories
-          path: /tmp/repositories
 
   owner:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -77,12 +65,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Check out repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.7
 
-      - name: Download shared artifacts
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: repositories
-          path: /tmp/repositories
-
       - name: Install dependencies if needed
         run: scripts/setup
 
@@ -90,6 +72,7 @@ jobs:
         run: python3 -m scripts.check.owner
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          REPOSITORY: ${{needs.preflight.outputs.repository}}
 
   edits:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -114,11 +97,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Check out repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.7
 
-      - name: Download shared artifacts
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: repositories
-          path: /tmp/repositories
+      - name: Clone new addition
+        if: steps.removal.outputs.removal != 'true'
+        run: |
+          git clone --depth 1 "https://github.com/${{needs.preflight.outputs.repository}}" /tmp/repositories/addition
 
       - name: Get hassfest action
         run: |
@@ -149,4 +131,4 @@ jobs:
         uses: "hacs/action@main"
         with:
           repository: ${{needs.preflight.outputs.repository}}
-          category: ${{needs.preflight.outputs.category}}
+          category: ${{needs.preflight.outputs.category}}