Fix promotion workflow to use auto-merge for branch protection#57
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Fix promotion workflow to use auto-merge for branch protection#57Its-donkey merged 1 commit intotestfrom
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Split the merge+tag step into two: enable auto-merge (returns immediately), then poll until the PR is actually merged before creating the release tag. Prevents tagging stale content when required status checks haven't completed yet.
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Summary
--autoflag ongh pr mergeso the PR merges automatically once checks passProblem
The
auto_mergeoption rangh pr mergedirectly, which fails when branch protection rules require status checks to pass first. The workflow would exit with error code 1.Fix
gh pr merge --auto --mergereturns immediately and queues the mergeMERGED