diff --git a/main/githooks.py b/main/githooks.py
index b3e35dc..4e84717 100755
--- a/main/githooks.py
+++ b/main/githooks.py
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@ def get_text_file_content(filename):
         data = _get_output(['git', 'show', f':{filename}'])
     return data
 
-
 def get_sha():
     '''Get the commit sha
 
@@ -148,6 +147,14 @@ def get_sha():
     '''
     return _get_output(['git','rev-parse', get_branch()])
 
+def get_repo():
+    '''Get the repo name in the format of "owner/repo"'''
+    if _is_github_event():
+        return os.environ['GITHUB_REPOSITORY']
+    else:
+        url = _get_output(['git', 'config', '--get', 'remote.origin.url'])
+        org = re.search(r'github\.com[:\/](.+?)(\.git)?$', url)
+        return org.group(1) if org else url
 
 def get_event():
     '''Get the git event'''
@@ -183,7 +190,7 @@ def get_commit_files():
             commands += ['HEAD~..', '--']
     else:
         commands = ['git', 'diff-index', '--ignore-submodules', 'HEAD', '--cached']
-        
+
     output = _get_output(commands)
     result = defaultdict(list)
     for line in output.splitlines():
@@ -462,7 +469,7 @@ def test_trim_trailing_whitespace(self):
         content = 'first line\nsecond line \nthird line '
         trimmed_content = 'first line\nsecond line\nthird line'
 
-        name = NamedTemporaryFile().name        
+        name = NamedTemporaryFile().name
         try:
             Path(name).write_text(content)
             # Trailing whitespace found
@@ -826,7 +833,7 @@ def check_content(files):
     return retval
 
 
-def check_commit_msg(message, files):
+def check_commit_msg(message, files, repo):
     '''Check commit message (and file size).
 
     Abort if file size exceeds hard (github.com) limit.
@@ -843,6 +850,10 @@ def check_commit_msg(message, files):
         # Not checking for JIRA or large file in commit message generated by github
         return 0
 
+    if re.match(r'^ccdc-opensource', repo):
+        # Do not check for JIRA in opensource repo as we don't want to require external contributors to do this
+        return 0
+
     if NO_JIRA_MARKER not in message:
         if jira_id_pattern.search(message) is None:
             _fail('Every commit should contain a Jira issue ID or the text '
@@ -888,7 +899,7 @@ def _test(input, is_jira=True):
 class TestCheckCommitMessage(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_various_strings(self):
         def _test(input, is_good=True):
-            rc = check_commit_msg(input, [])
+            rc = check_commit_msg(input, [], "dummy/repo")
             self.assertEqual(rc == 0, is_good)
         _test('ABC-1234')
         _test('Some changes for ABC-1234 ticket')
@@ -933,6 +944,6 @@ def commit_msg_hook():
     commit_message = Path(sys.argv[1]).read_text()
 
     print(' Check commit message ...')
-    retval += check_commit_msg(commit_message, files['M'] + files['A'])
+    retval += check_commit_msg(commit_message, files['M'] + files['A'], get_repo())
 
-    return retval
+    return retval
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