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Split stale workflow handling for docs-internal and docs repositories #39257

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Update stale workflow to handle docs-internal and docs separately
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25 changes: 23 additions & 2 deletions .github/workflows/stale.yml
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name: Stale

# **What it does**: Close issues and pull requests after no updates for 365 days.
# **What it does**: Close issues and pull requests after no updates for 365 days (docs) or 14 days for PRs (docs-internal).
# **Why we have it**: We want to manage our queue of issues and pull requests.
# **Who does it impact**: Everyone that works on docs or docs-internal.

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if: github.repository == 'github/docs-internal' || github.repository == 'github/docs'
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: actions/stale@28ca1036281a5e5922ead5184a1bbf96e5fc984e # v9.0.0
- name: Mark stale issues and PRs (docs-internal)
if: github.repository == 'github/docs-internal'
uses: actions/stale@28ca1036281a5e5922ead5184a1bbf96e5fc984e # v9.0.0
with:
repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
stale-issue-message: 'This issue is stale because there have been no updates in 365 days.'
stale-pr-message: 'This PR has been automatically marked as stalled after 14 days of inactivity (open PRs rapidly collect merge conflicts). Please update soon to avoid closure.'
close-pr-message: 'Closing this PR because it has been inactive for 3 weeks. If the PR is still relevant, please reopen and resolve any merge conflicts.'
days-before-stale: 365
days-before-close: 0
days-before-stale-pr: 14
stale-issue-label: 'stale'
stale-pr-label: 'stale'
exempt-pr-labels: 'never-stale,waiting for review'
exempt-issue-labels: 'never-stale,help wanted,waiting for review'
operations-per-run: 1000
close-issue-reason: not_planned

- name: Mark stale issues and PRs (docs)
if: github.repository == 'github/docs'
uses: actions/stale@28ca1036281a5e5922ead5184a1bbf96e5fc984e # v9.0.0
with:
repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
stale-issue-message: 'This issue is stale because there have been no updates in 365 days.'
stale-pr-message: 'This PR is stale because there have been no updates in 365 days.'
close-pr-message: 'This PR is being closed due to inactivity.'
days-before-stale: 365
days-before-close: 0
stale-issue-label: 'stale'
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