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+# deploy-release-v1
+
+A GitHub Action to label all related issues with the package version and create a PR to sync branches
+
+## Inputs
+
+| Name                | Required | Description                                  | Default |
+| ------------------- | -------- | -------------------------------------------- | ------- |
+| `token`             | Yes      | A GitHub token with the required permissions | NA      |
+| `project-number`    | No       | A project number of the project board        | 66      |
+| `head`              | No       | A head branch to sync from                   | main    |
+| `base`              | No       | A target branch for the created pull request | develop |
+| `pr-team-reviewers` | No       | Reviewers to tag on the created pull request | NA      |
+
+## Example usage
+
+```yaml
+name: Deploy release
+
+jobs:
+  deploy-release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 7
+    steps:
+      - uses: dequelabs/axe-api-team-public/.github/actions/deploy-release-v1@main
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          project-number: '66'
+          head: main
+          base: develop
+          pr-team-reviewers: axe-api-team
+        env:
+          # Required for the GH CLI
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+```
+
+## Permissions
+
+This action requires the following permission scopes:
+
+- `repository-projects: read` - To move issues into a project
+- `issues: write` - To add a label into an issue
+- `contents: read` - To work with the contents of the repository
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+name: deploy-release-v1
+description: Label all related issues with the package version and create a PR to sync branches
+
+inputs:
+  token:
+    description: 'A GitHub token with the required permissions'
+    required: true
+  project-number:
+    description: 'A project number of the project board'
+    required: false
+    default: '66'
+  head:
+    description: 'A head branch to sync from'
+    required: false
+    default: main
+  base:
+    description: 'A target branch for the created pull request'
+    required: false
+    default: develop
+  pr-team-reviewers:
+    description: 'Reviewers to tag on the created pull request'
+    required: false
+
+runs:
+  using: 'composite'
+  steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        # Fetch all history
+        fetch-depth: 0
+    - uses: dequelabs/axe-api-team-public/.github/actions/get-package-version-v1@main
+      id: get-package-version
+    - uses: dequelabs/axe-api-team-public/.github/actions/generate-commit-list-v1@main
+      id: get-commit-list
+      with:
+        tag: v${{ steps.get-package-version.outputs.version }}
+    - uses: dequelabs/axe-api-team-public/.github/actions/label-and-move-released-issues-v1@main
+      with:
+        commit-list: ${{ steps.get-commit-list.outputs.commit-list }}
+        version: ${{ steps.get-package-version.outputs.version }}
+        token: ${{ inputs.token }}
+        project-number: ${{ inputs.project-number }}
+    - uses: dequelabs/action-sync-branches@master
+      with:
+        github-token: ${{ inputs.token }}
+        pr-title: 'chore: merge ${{ inputs.head }} into ${{ inputs.base }}'
+        pr-body: 'Remember to _merge_ (rather than squash) this PR! Also, auto-merge does not work because many of the required checks do not run on the `${{ inputs.head }}` branch.'
+        pr-team-reviewers: ${{ inputs.pr-team-reviewers }}
+        head: ${{ inputs.head }}
+        base: ${{ inputs.base }}