issue-assigned.yml

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name: Issue Assignment Workflow
on:
  issues:
      types: ['assigned']
permissions:
  contents: read
  issues: write

jobs:
  Remove-Unapproved-Label:
    name: Remove Unapproved Label when issue is assigned
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/github-script@v7
        with:
          script: |
            const { owner, repo } = context.repo;
            const issue_number = context.issue.number;
            const apiParams = {
              owner,
              repo,
              issue_number
            };
            
            // Get current labels on the issue
            const { data: labelList } = await github.rest.issues.listLabelsOnIssue(apiParams);
            const unapprovedLabel = labelList.find(l =>
              l.name.toLowerCase().includes('unapprov') // matches 'unapproved' too
            );

            // Remove unapproved label if it exists
            if (unapprovedLabel) {
              
              try {
                await github.rest.issues.removeLabel({
                  owner,
                  repo,
                  issue_number,
                  name: unapprovedLabel.name,
                });
              } catch (err) {
                if (err.status !== 404) throw err;
              }
            }