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-name: Release automation
-
-# End-to-end docs-release pipeline for builddocs.
-# Polls saltstack/salt every 10 min. On a new point release (X.Y where Y > 0):
-#   1. Open `topic/release/<version>` PR with version-bump edits to
-#      build_env.sh and .github/workflows/gh-pages-builddocs.yml
-#   2. Wait for required PR checks
-#   3. Merge (gh-pages-builddocs.yml then runs on push and builds)
-#
-# `.0` (LTS-bump) releases are skipped — they rename workflow job keys and
-# bump multiple major-version-bearing fields.
-#
-# Caveat: PRs created with the default GITHUB_TOKEN do not trigger workflows
-# that run on `pull_request`. If you want PR-level CI to run, replace
-# GH_TOKEN with a PAT or GitHub App token stored as a secret.
-
-on:
-  schedule:
-    - cron: '*/10 * * * *'
-  workflow_dispatch:
-    inputs:
-      salt_version:
-        description: 'Override salt version (e.g. 3008.1). Blank = auto-detect.'
-        required: false
-        type: string
-
-permissions:
-  contents: write
-  pull-requests: write
-
-concurrency:
-  group: release-automation
-  cancel-in-progress: false
-
-jobs:
-  release:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    env:
-      # gh CLI needs repo context for `pr list/merge/checks/create`. Setting
-      # GH_REPO at job level means those calls work before checkout (the
-      # lookup step runs before any checkout).
-      GH_REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
-    steps:
-      - name: Detect target salt version
-        id: detect
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
-          INPUT_VERSION: ${{ inputs.salt_version }}
-        run: |
-          set -euo pipefail
-          if [[ -n "${INPUT_VERSION:-}" ]]; then
-            v="$INPUT_VERSION"
-          else
-            v=$(gh api repos/saltstack/salt/releases/latest --jq '.tag_name')
-          fi
-          v=${v#v}
-          IFS='.' read -r maj min <<<"$v"
-          if [[ "${min:-0}" -eq 0 ]]; then
-            echo "::notice::skipping $v — .0 LTS bumps require manual editing"
-            echo "skip=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          else
-            echo "salt_version=$v" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-            echo "branch=topic/release/$v" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-            echo "detected $v"
-          fi
-
-      - name: Look up existing PR for this version
-        id: lookup
-        if: steps.detect.outputs.skip != 'true'
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
-          BRANCH: ${{ steps.detect.outputs.branch }}
-        run: |
-          set -euo pipefail
-          pr=$(gh pr list --state all --head "$BRANCH" \
-                 --json number,state,mergedAt --jq '.[0] // empty')
-          if [[ -n "$pr" ]]; then
-            echo "pr_number=$(echo "$pr" | jq -r '.number')" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-            echo "pr_state=$(echo "$pr" | jq -r '.state')" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-            [[ "$(echo "$pr" | jq -r '.mergedAt // empty')" != "" ]] \
-              && echo "merged=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          fi
-          echo "lookup: $pr"
-
-      - name: Checkout main
-        if: steps.detect.outputs.skip != 'true' && steps.lookup.outputs.pr_number == ''
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          ref: main
-          fetch-depth: 0
-
-      - name: Generate edits and open PR
-        if: steps.detect.outputs.skip != 'true' && steps.lookup.outputs.pr_number == ''
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
-          BRANCH: ${{ steps.detect.outputs.branch }}
-          SALT: ${{ steps.detect.outputs.salt_version }}
-        run: |
-          set -euo pipefail
-          git config user.name 'github-actions[bot]'
-          git config user.email 'github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com'
-          git checkout -b "$BRANCH"
-
-          old=$(grep -E "^export LATEST_RELEASE=" build_env.sh \
-                  | sed -E "s/.*='([^']+)'.*/\1/")
-          new="$SALT"
-          echo "bumping $old -> $new"
-
-          esc=${old//./\\.}
-          sed -i "s/'${esc}'/'${new}'/g; s/'v${esc}'/'v${new}'/g" build_env.sh
-          sed -i "s/'${esc}'/'${new}'/g; s/'v${esc}'/'v${new}'/g" \
-              .github/workflows/gh-pages-builddocs.yml
-
-          if git diff --quiet; then
-            echo "::error::no changes produced for $SALT"
-            exit 1
-          fi
-          git add -A
-          git commit -m "Update $(echo "$SALT" | cut -d. -f1) LTS to $SALT"
-          git push -u origin "$BRANCH"
-          gh pr create --base main --head "$BRANCH" \
-            --title "Update $(echo "$SALT" | cut -d. -f1) LTS to $SALT" \
-            --body "Automated bump for Salt $SALT point release."
-
-      - name: Wait for required PR checks
-        if: steps.detect.outputs.skip != 'true' && steps.lookup.outputs.merged != 'true'
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
-          BRANCH: ${{ steps.detect.outputs.branch }}
-        run: |
-          set -euo pipefail
-          sleep 15
-          gh pr checks "$BRANCH" --watch --required || true
-
-      - name: Merge PR
-        if: steps.detect.outputs.skip != 'true' && steps.lookup.outputs.merged != 'true'
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
-          BRANCH: ${{ steps.detect.outputs.branch }}
-        run: |
-          set -euo pipefail
-          gh pr merge "$BRANCH" --merge