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-# This GitHub Action aims to sync the downstream branch with the corresponding upstream, resolve known conflicts, and generates a pull request
-name: Sync downstream branch from upstream
-on:  # yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
-  workflow_dispatch:
-    inputs:
-      branch_name:
-        description: "Provide name of the branch want to sync:"
-        required: true
-        default: "main"
-        type: string
-env:
-  RUNTIME_IMAGES_DIR: "jupyter/datascience/ubi9-python-3.11/runtime-images/*.json"
-  MANIFEST_FILES: "manifests/base/*.env"
-  BRANCH_NAME: ${{ inputs.branch_name }}
-  TEMP_BRANCH: sync-${{ inputs.branch_name }}-${{ github.run_id }}
-  DOWNSTREAM_OWNER: "red-hat-data-services"
-  UPSTREAM_OWNER: "opendatahub-io"
-jobs:
-  sync:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions:
-      contents: write
-      pull-requests: write
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Set up Git
-        run: |
-          git config --global user.name "github-actions[bot]"
-          git config --global user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
-
-      - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-
-      - name: Add upstream and downstream remotes
-        run: |
-          git remote add upstream https://github.com/${{ env.UPSTREAM_OWNER }}/notebooks.git
-          git fetch --all
-
-      - name: Determine Downstream Branch
-        id: determine_branch
-        run: |
-          # Check if the branch follows the YYYYx pattern
-          if [[ "${{ env.BRANCH_NAME }}" =~ ^[0-9]{4}[a-zA-Z]$ ]]; then
-            DOWNSTREAM_BRANCH="release-${{ env.BRANCH_NAME }}"
-          else
-            # For 'main', keep it as 'main'
-            DOWNSTREAM_BRANCH="${{ env.BRANCH_NAME }}"
-          fi
-          echo "DOWNSTREAM_BRANCH=$DOWNSTREAM_BRANCH" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          echo "Temporary downstream branch will be: $DOWNSTREAM_BRANCH"
-
-      - name: Sync and resolve conflicts
-        run: |
-          set -e
-
-          echo "Syncing '${{ env.DOWNSTREAM_OWNER }}'/'${{ env.DOWNSTREAM_BRANCH }}' from '${{ env.UPSTREAM_OWNER}}'/'${{ env.BRANCH_NAME }}'"
-
-          # Ensure the downstream branch exists locally
-          git checkout -b ${{ env.TEMP_BRANCH }} origin/${{ env.DOWNSTREAM_BRANCH }} || exit 1
-
-          # Pull changes from the upstream branch
-          git pull upstream ${{ env.BRANCH_NAME }} --no-rebase || true
-
-          # Resolve known conflicts
-          FILES_TO_RESOLVE=($RUNTIME_IMAGES_DIR $MANIFEST_FILES)
-          for FILE in "${FILES_TO_RESOLVE[@]}"; do
-            if [[ -f "$FILE" && "$(git status --porcelain=v1 2>/dev/null | grep -c "$FILE")" -gt 0 ]]; then
-              echo "Resolving conflict for $FILE by keeping downstream changes."
-              git checkout --ours "$FILE"
-              git add "$FILE"
-            fi
-          done
-
-          # Check for unresolved conflicts
-          if [[ -n "$(git ls-files -u)" ]]; then
-            echo "Unresolved conflicts detected in the following files:"
-            git ls-files -u
-            echo "Aborting merge due to unexpected conflicts."
-            exit 1
-          fi
-
-          # Commit changes if any
-          if [[ -n "$(git status --porcelain)" ]]; then
-            git commit -m "Merge upstream/${{ env.BRANCH_NAME }} into downstream/${{ env.DOWNSTREAM_BRANCH }} with resolved conflicts"
-          else
-            echo "No changes to commit. Exiting workflow."
-            exit 0
-          fi
-
-          # Push the temporary branch to downstream
-          git push origin ${{ env.TEMP_BRANCH }}
-
-      - name: Creates PR
-        run: |
-            gh pr create --repo https://github.com/${{ env.DOWNSTREAM_OWNER }}/notebooks.git \
-              --title "$pr_title" \
-              --body "$pr_body" \
-              --head ${{ env.DOWNSTREAM_OWNER }}:${{ env.TEMP_BRANCH }} \
-              --base ${{ env.DOWNSTREAM_BRANCH }}
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          pr_title: "Sync '${{ env.DOWNSTREAM_BRANCH }}' from opendatahub-io:'${{ env.BRANCH_NAME }}'"
-          pr_body: |
-              :robot: This is an automated Pull Request created by /.github/workflows/sync-downstream.yaml