From eb9024674800446e3a369485bc206d0d68a4e579 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adam Cassis <adam.cassis@automattic.com>
Date: Wed, 27 May 2026 10:52:39 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] ci: freeze legacy repo - auto-close PRs and drop release
 workflow

Development has moved to the Automattic/newspack-workspace monorepo.
Auto-close any newly opened/reopened PR with a pointer to the monorepo,
and remove the release workflow so this repo no longer cuts releases.

NPPM-2752

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 .github/workflows/auto-close-prs.yml | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 .github/workflows/release.yml        | 33 --------------------------
 2 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/auto-close-prs.yml
 delete mode 100644 .github/workflows/release.yml

diff --git a/.github/workflows/auto-close-prs.yml b/.github/workflows/auto-close-prs.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6e866f8f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/auto-close-prs.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+name: Auto-close pull requests
+
+# Development has moved to the Automattic/newspack-workspace monorepo.
+# This repository is a read-only mirror, so any new pull request opened here is
+# automatically commented on and closed, directing contributors to the monorepo.
+
+on:
+  pull_request_target:
+    types: [opened, reopened]
+
+# Using pull_request_target (not pull_request) so the token has write scope for
+# fork PRs too. No PR code is checked out or run, so the elevated token is safe.
+permissions:
+  pull-requests: write
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  auto-close:
+    name: Comment and close
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Comment and close the pull request
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+          GH_REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
+          PR_URL: ${{ github.event.pull_request.html_url }}
+        run: |
+          gh pr close "$PR_URL" --comment "👋 Thanks for your interest in contributing to Newspack!
+
+          Newspack development has moved to a single monorepo: **[Automattic/newspack-workspace](https://github.com/Automattic/newspack-workspace)**. This repository is now a read-only mirror, so we're automatically closing new pull requests here.
+
+          Please reopen your change against the monorepo – \`newspack-theme\` now lives at \`themes/newspack-theme/\` there. Thank you! 💙"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0af22b034..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-name: Release
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - release
-      - alpha
-      - 'hotfix/**'
-      - 'epic/**'
-
-concurrency:
-  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
-  cancel-in-progress: true
-
-jobs:
-  build:
-    uses: Automattic/newspack-scripts/.github/workflows/reusable-build.yml@trunk
-
-  release:
-    needs: build
-    uses: Automattic/newspack-scripts/.github/workflows/reusable-release.yml@trunk
-    secrets:
-      GIT_COMMITTER_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GIT_COMMITTER_TOKEN }}
-      NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
-
-  post-release:
-    if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/release'
-    needs: release
-    uses: Automattic/newspack-scripts/.github/workflows/reusable-post-release.yml@trunk
-    secrets:
-      GIT_COMMITTER_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GIT_COMMITTER_TOKEN }}
-      SLACK_CHANNEL_ID: ${{ secrets.SLACK_CHANNEL_ID }}
-      SLACK_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SLACK_AUTH_TOKEN }}