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action: Opened
then:
- addCodeFlowLink
- description: Check for modifications of Localization files in new PRs
if:
- payloadType: Pull_Request
- isAction:
action: Opened
- filesMatchPattern:
pattern: Localization/Resources/*
- not:
activitySenderHasPermission: # Only trigger if the sender doesn't have write permissions,
permission: Write # to avoid adding the label for PRs from MSFT intentionally updating these files
then:
- addLabel:
label: Needs-Author-Feedback
- addLabel:
label: Blocking-Issue
- addReply:
reply: >-
Hello ${issueAuthor},


Thank you for your contribution! It looks like your PR includes changes to localization files.


The English resource file [**/en-us/winget.resw](https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/blob/master/src/AppInstallerCLIPackage/Shared/Strings/en-us/winget.resw) is the only file contributors should edit for string changes. It feeds the Microsoft localization pipeline. The files under [Localization\Resources\<locale>\](https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/tree/master/Localization/Resources) are **automatically synced from Microsoft's internal localization system and must not be edited**. Any manual edits will be overwritten on the next sync.


Instead of this PR, it would be helpful if you could [open an issue](https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/issues/new?template=Documentation_Issue.yml) so the internal localization team can review it. For more information, please see the [Development Guide](https://github.com/microsoft/winget-cli/blob/master/doc/Developing.md#localization).


Template: msftbot/PullRequests/LocalizationFileChange
- description: Add Needs-Triage to new issues
if:
- payloadType: Issues
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