diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
index a8785ba..65537f2 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -279,19 +279,17 @@ jobs:
         name: Check for README changes
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
-          # Make sure the workspace is considered safe by git inside containers
-          git config --global --add safe.directory "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"
 
-          # Ensure diff works even if file were new (intent-to-add)
-          git add -N "$README_PATH" || true
+          # Compute checksums: repo version vs generated version
+          old_sum=$(git show HEAD:README.md | md5sum | awk '{print $1}')
+          new_sum=$(md5sum README.md | awk '{print $1}')
 
-          if git diff --quiet -- "$README_PATH"; then
-            echo "✅ README unchanged"
+          if [ "$old_sum" = "$new_sum" ]; then
             echo "changed=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+            echo "✅ README unchanged"
           else
-            echo "⚠️ README was modified"
             echo "changed=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-            git --no-pager diff --stat -- "$README_PATH" || true
+            echo "⚠️ README changed"
           fi
 
       - id: upload-updated-readme