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Only reuse an OPEN pull request when re-applying an issue #77

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15 changes: 12 additions & 3 deletions .github/workflows/issue-to-pr.yml
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# An edited issue re-runs this job; update the existing PR instead of
# failing on a duplicate.
if gh pr view "$BRANCH" --json number >/dev/null 2>&1; then
gh pr edit "$BRANCH" \
#
# It has to be an OPEN pr. `gh pr view <branch>` resolves a closed one
# just as happily, so once an issue's pr had been closed this took the
# update path forever: it force-pushed a correctly rebuilt branch, ran
# `gh pr edit` against the closed pr, printed "updated", and exited 0
# without ever opening anything. Issue #9 sat in that state through
# two replay attempts, each reporting success.
EXISTING=$(gh pr list --head "$BRANCH" --state open --limit 1 \
--json number --jq '.[].number')
if [ -n "$EXISTING" ]; then
gh pr edit "$EXISTING" \
--title "$TITLE" \
--body-file "$RUNNER_TEMP/pr/pr_body.md"
URL=$(gh pr view "$BRANCH" --json url --jq .url)
URL=$(gh pr view "$EXISTING" --json url --jq .url)
echo "updated $URL"
else
URL=$(gh pr create \
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