the news hook needs v1 that pulls more history and not just one commit

.github/workflows/main.yml

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-16.04
     steps:
       - name: Checkout current repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v1
 
       - name: Check NEWS.md was updated
         run: if git diff $(git merge-base $(git rev-parse HEAD) origin/master) --name-only | grep NEWS.md > /dev/null; then exit 0; else exit 1; fi