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-name: ADR accepted
-
-on:
-  issues:
-    types:
-      - closed
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
-jobs:
-  accept:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-
-    - name: check for tags
-      if: "${{ !contains(github.event.issue.labels.*.name, 'ADR: accepted' )}}"
-      shell: bash
-      run: exit 0
-
-    - name: checkout main branch
-      uses: actions/checkout@v6
-      with:
-        ref: main
-        ssh-key: ${{ secrets.SSH_PRIVATE_KEY }}
-
-    - name: get ADR number
-      id: next
-      shell: bash
-      run: |
-        mkdir -p docs/adrs
-        LAST_ADR=$(ls docs/adrs/*.md | grep -Eo "/[0-9]+-" | sort | tail -n1 | grep -Eo "[0-9]+")
-        LAST_ADR=$(echo "$LAST_ADR" | sed -E 's/^0+//')
-        NEXT_ADR=$(($LAST_ADR + 1))
-        NEXT_ADR=$(printf "%04i" "$NEXT_ADR")
-        echo "number=$NEXT_ADR" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-
-    - name: get date
-      id: date
-      shell: bash
-      run: echo "date=$(date +'%B %d, %Y')" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-
-    - name: build filename
-      id: filename
-      shell: bash
-      run: |
-        SLUG=$(printf '%q\n' "${{ github.event.issue.title }}" | tr A-Z a-z)
-        SLUG=$(printf '%q\n' "$SLUG" | iconv -c -t ascii//TRANSLIT)
-        SLUG=$(printf '%q\n' "$SLUG" | sed -E 's/[^a-z0-9]+/-/g' | sed -E 's/-+/-/g' | sed -E 's/^-+|-+$//g')
-
-        FILENAME="docs/adrs/${{ steps.next.outputs.number }}-$SLUG.md"
-        echo "slug=$SLUG" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-        echo "filename=$FILENAME" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-
-    - name: write the ADR
-      uses: DamianReeves/write-file-action@v1.3
-      with:
-        path: ${{ steps.filename.outputs.filename }}
-        write-mode: overwrite
-        contents: |
-          # ${{ github.event.issue.title }}
-
-          Status: Accepted
-          Date: ${{ steps.date.outputs.date }}
-
-          ${{ github.event.issue.body }}
-
-    - name: branch, commit, and open PR
-      shell: bash
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      run: |
-        BRANCH="adr/auto/${{ steps.filename.outputs.slug }}"
-        git config --global user.email "tts@gsa.gov"
-        git config --global user.name "Notify ADR Automation"
-        git checkout -b $BRANCH
-        git add docs/adrs/*.md
-        git commit -m "add ADR ${{ steps.next.outputs.number }}: ${{ github.event.issue.title }}"
-        git push -f origin $BRANCH
-        gh pr create \
-          --title "Add ADR ${{ steps.next.outputs.number }} to the repo" \
-          --body "This pull request was opened automatically because #${{ github.event.issue.number }} was closed after being marked as an approved ADR. It contains a markdown file capturing the ADR body at the time the issue was closed. Please verify that the markdown is correct before merging!" || true
-        gh pr merge $BRANCH --auto --squash || true