Ensure Backporting labels are adding when triggering merge

.github/actions/ensure_backporting/action.yml

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+name: ensure backport labels
+description: |
+  A Github action to ensure that a Pull request contains backport labels.
+
+inputs:
+  token:
+    description: The Github token to use to perform operations.
+    required: true
+
+runs:
+  using: composite
+  steps:
+    - name: Set up Python
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      with:
+        python-version: "3.11"
+
+    - name: Install required python libraries
+      run: pip install -U requests
+      shell: bash
+
+    - name: Run
+      run: python ${{ github.action_path }}/add_labels.py --repository ${{ github.repository }} --issue-id ${{ github.event.number }}
+      shell: bash
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ inputs.token }}

.github/actions/ensure_backporting/add_labels.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import argparse
+import os
+import re
+import sys
+
+import requests
+
+
+class RequestError(Exception):
+    pass
+
+
+def main():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description="Ensure an issue contains the backport labels."
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--issue-id", type=int, required=True, help="The pull request number."
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--repository",
+        type=str,
+        required=True,
+        help="The Github project name, e.g: 'ansible-collections/amazon.aws'.",
+    )
+    args = parser.parse_args(sys.argv[1:])
+    # Get list of labels attached to the pull requests
+    headers = {
+        "Accept": "application/vnd.github+json",
+        "Authorization": "Bearer {0}".format(os.environ.get("GITHUB_TOKEN")),
+        "X-GitHub-Api-Version": "2022-11-28",
+    }
+
+    # Get PR Labels
+    response = requests.get(
+        f"https://api.github.com/repos/{args.repository}/issues/{args.issue_id}/labels",
+        headers=headers,
+    )
+    if not response.ok:
+        raise RequestError(response.reason)
+    issue_backport_labels = [i['name'] for i in response.json() if re.match("^backport-[0-9]*$", i["name"])]
+
+    # Get Repository Labels
+    response = requests.get(
+        f"https://api.github.com/repos/{args.repository}/labels",
+        headers=headers,
+    )
+    if not response.ok:
+        raise RequestError(response.reason)
+    repository_backport_labels = [i['name'] for i in response.json() if re.match("^backport-[0-9]*$", i["name"])]
+
+    labels_to_add = list(set(repository_backport_labels) - set(issue_backport_labels))
+    print(f"issue_backport_labels = {issue_backport_labels} - repository_backport_labels = {repository_backport_labels} - labels_to_add = {labels_to_add}")
+    if labels_to_add:
+        data = {"labels": labels_to_add}
+        response = requests.post(
+            f"https://api.github.com/repos/{args.repository}/issues/{args.issue_id}/labels",
+            headers=headers,
+            json=data,
+        )
+        if not response.ok:
+            raise RequestError(response.reason)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()

.github/workflows/ensure_backporting.yml

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+name: Ensure Backporting
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    secrets:
+      GH_TOKEN:
+        required: false
+
+jobs:
+  labelling:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: ${{ contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'mergeit') && !contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'do_not_backport') }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: abikouo/github_actions/.github/actions/ensure_backporting@ensure_backporting_1
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN  }}