diff --git a/.github/workflows/fetch_all_tools.yaml b/.github/workflows/fetch_all_tools.yaml
index f627dfa8..ab8793ea 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/fetch_all_tools.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/fetch_all_tools.yaml
@@ -74,31 +74,33 @@ jobs:
     needs: fetch-all-tools-stepwise
     name: Fetch all tools merge
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          ref: main #pull latest code produced by job 1, not the revision that started the workflow (https://github.com/actions/checkout/issues/439)
-        name: checkout results
-      - run: |
-          git checkout results -- results
-
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-      - name: Install requirement
-        run: |
-          python -m pip install -r requirements.txt
-          sudo apt-get install jq
-      - name: Merge all tools
-        run: | #merge files with only one header -> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16890582/unixmerge-multiple-csv-files-with-same-header-by-keeping-the-header-of-the-firs; map(.[]) -> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/42011086/merge-arrays-of-json (get flat array, one tool per entry)
-          awk 'FNR==1 && NR!=1{next;}{print}' results/repositories*.list_tools.tsv > results/all_tools.tsv
-          jq -s 'map(.[])' results/repositories*.list_tools.json > results/all_tools.json 
-      - name: Wordcloud and interactive table
-        run: |
-          bash bin/format_tools.sh
-      - name: Commit all tools
-        # add or commit any changes in results if there was a change, merge with main and push as bot
-        uses: s0/git-publish-subdir-action@develop
-        env:
-          BRANCH: results
-          FOLDER: results
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          REPO: self
-          SKIP_EMPTY_COMMITS: true
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+    - name: Checkout main
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        ref: main #pull latest code produced by job 1, not the revision that started the workflow (https://github.com/actions/checkout/issues/439)
+    - name: Checkout results
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        ref: results
+        sparse-checkout: results
+    - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+    - name: Install requirement
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install -r requirements.txt
+        sudo apt-get install jq
+    - name: Merge all tools
+      run: | #merge files with only one header -> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16890582/unixmerge-multiple-csv-files-with-same-header-by-keeping-the-header-of-the-firs; map(.[]) -> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/42011086/merge-arrays-of-json (get flat array, one tool per entry)
+        awk 'FNR==1 && NR!=1{next;}{print}' results/repositories*.list_tools.tsv > results/all_tools.tsv
+        jq -s 'map(.[])' results/repositories*.list_tools.json > results/all_tools.json 
+    - name: Wordcloud and interactive table
+      run: |
+        bash bin/format_tools.sh
+    - name: Commit all tools
+      # add or commit any changes in results if there was a change, merge with main and push as bot
+      uses: s0/git-publish-subdir-action@develop
+      env:
+        BRANCH: results
+        FOLDER: results
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        REPO: self
+        SKIP_EMPTY_COMMITS: true
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/filter_communities.yaml b/.github/workflows/filter_communities.yaml
index 6ac1c745..1572fc91 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/filter_communities.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/filter_communities.yaml
@@ -28,10 +28,15 @@ jobs:
   filter-all-tutorials:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      name: checkout results
-      run: |
-        git checkout results -- results
+    - name: Checkout main
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        ref: main #pull latest code produced by job 1, not the revision that started the workflow (https://github.com/actions/checkout/issues/439)
+    - name: Checkout results
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        ref: results
+        sparse-checkout: results
     - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
         python-version: '3.8' 
@@ -53,10 +58,15 @@ jobs:
   update-tools-to-keep-exclude:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      name: checkout results
-      run: |
-        git checkout results -- results
+    - name: Checkout main
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        ref: main #pull latest code produced by job 1, not the revision that started the workflow (https://github.com/actions/checkout/issues/439)
+    - name: Checkout results
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        ref: results
+        sparse-checkout: results
     - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
         python-version: '3.8' 
@@ -78,10 +88,15 @@ jobs:
   filter-all-tools:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      name: checkout results
-      run: |
-        git checkout results -- results
+    - name: Checkout main
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        ref: main #pull latest code produced by job 1, not the revision that started the workflow (https://github.com/actions/checkout/issues/439)
+    - name: Checkout results
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        ref: results
+        sparse-checkout: results
     - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
         python-version: '3.8' 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run_tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/run_tests.yaml
index 10af6976..e60c4ced 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run_tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run_tests.yaml
@@ -6,10 +6,15 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     environment: fetch-tools
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        name: checkout results
-        run: |
-          git checkout results -- results
+      - name: Checkout main
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: main #pull latest code produced by job 1, not the revision that started the workflow (https://github.com/actions/checkout/issues/439)
+      - name: Checkout results
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: results
+          sparse-checkout: results
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: '3.11'
@@ -29,10 +34,15 @@ jobs:
   test-tutorials:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        name: checkout results
-        run: |
-          git checkout results -- results
+      - name: Checkout main
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: main #pull latest code produced by job 1, not the revision that started the workflow (https://github.com/actions/checkout/issues/439)
+      - name: Checkout results
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: results
+          sparse-checkout: results
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: '3.11'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/static.yml b/.github/workflows/static.yml
index 6e33297a..afa9a3ab 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/static.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/static.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with: 
-          ref: 'results'
+          ref: results
       - name: Setup Pages
         uses: actions/configure-pages@v4
       - name: Upload artifact