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name: "Microsoft CLA"

on:
issue_comment:
types: [created]
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pull_request_target:
types: [opened, closed, synchronize]

permissions:
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contents: write # Required to store CLA signatures
pull-requests: write # Required to comment on PRs
statuses: write # Required to set CLA status check

jobs:
cla:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: "Microsoft CLA Assistant"
if: |
(github.event_name == 'issue_comment' && github.event.issue.pull_request &&
(github.event.comment.body == 'recheck' ||
github.event.comment.body == 'I have read the CLA Document and I hereby sign the CLA')) ||
github.event_name == 'pull_request_target'
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uses: contributor-assistant/github-action@ca4a40a7d1004f18d9960b404b97e5f30a505a08 # v2.6.1
env:
GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
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Do we need to limit when does this action gets executed?

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The action is already gated:

For issue_comment: only triggers on PR comments with exact "recheck" or CLA sign text
For pull_request_target: runs on all PRs, but the allowlist auto-passes bots and the CLA portal auto-passes linked Microsoft accounts. Are we looking for something more specific ?

with:
path-to-signatures: "signatures/version1/cla.json"
path-to-document: "https://cla.opensource.microsoft.com/microsoft/azure-container-linux"
branch: "aclmain"
allowlist: "bot*,*[bot],microsoft-github-operations-bot,dependabot*,msftbot,azure-pipelines-bot"
lock-pullrequest-aftermerge: true