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Replace legal check steps with reusable workflow #2

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39 changes: 2 additions & 37 deletions .github/workflows/legal.yml
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types: [opened, edited, synchronize, reopened]

jobs:
check-legal-boilerplate:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
legal:
permissions:
pull-requests: write
contents: read

steps:
- name: Check for legal boilerplate
id: check
uses: actions/github-script@v7
with:
script: |
let staffContributors = ['herber', 'RahmeKarim'];
let prAuthor = context.payload.pull_request.user.login;

if (staffContributors.includes(prAuthor)) {
console.log(`Skipping legal check: ${prAuthor} is in staff list.`);
return;
}

let requiredText = `By submitting this pull request, I'm saying I wrote these changes (or have the right to submit them), and that Metorial can use them however they like - including in their open source projects or any proprietary versions they offer. I still keep the rights to my code, but Metorial can use, modify, and relicense it however they like.`;

let body = context.payload.pull_request.body || "";

if (body.includes(requiredText)) {
core.setOutput("legal_check_passed", "true");
} else {
let issue_number = context.payload.pull_request.number;
let repo = context.repo.repo;
let owner = context.repo.owner;

await github.rest.issues.createComment({
owner,
repo,
issue_number,
body: `👋 Hi! Your pull request is missing the required legal boilerplate.\nPlease copy and paste the following text into the PR description:\n\n\`\`\`\n${requiredText}\n\`\`\`\n\nThanks for contributing to Metorial!`
});

core.setFailed("Missing required legal boilerplate in PR description.");
}
uses: metorial/.github/.github/workflows/legal-boilerplate.yml@main