diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/verify.yml b/.forgejo/workflows/verify.yml
index fd8cd9e..aa38f5f 100644
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/verify.yml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/verify.yml
@@ -20,10 +20,13 @@ jobs:
           apk add --no-cache nodejs git openssh python3 py3-pip
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          # IMPORTANT! Otherwise, the script cannot see all commits and will assume the last commit is the author of every file.
+          fetch-depth: 0
       - name: Create virtualenv and install Python dependencies
         run: |
-          python -m venv venv
-          . venv/bin/activate
+          python -m venv .venv
+          . .venv/bin/activate
           pip install --upgrade GitPython requests
       - name: Run verification script
-        run: . venv/bin/activate && python verify.py
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+        run: . .venv/bin/activate && python verify.py
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