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+name: Check mergeability
+
+on: pull_request # run on pull request events
+
+permissions:
+  # grant write permission on the pull-requests endpoint
+  pull-requests: write
+jobs:
+  check:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Retrieve existing PR reviews
+        id: set-reviews
+        run: |
+          echo ::set-output name=reviews::$(curl --request GET \
+            --url https://api.github.com/repos/${{github.repository}}/pulls/${{github.event.number}}/reviews \
+            --header 'authorization: Bearer ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}')
+
+      - name: Check if there is already a block on this PR
+        id: set-blocks
+        run: |
+          echo ::set-output name=blocks::$(echo '${{ steps.set-reviews.outputs.reviews }}' \
+            | jq '.[] | select(.user.id == 41898282 and .state == "CHANGES_REQUESTED") | length' \
+            | uniq)
+
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        if: steps.set-blocks.outputs.blocks == ''
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Get changed files in the .changeset folder
+        id: changed-files
+        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v29
+        if: steps.set-blocks.outputs.blocks == ''
+        with:
+          files: |
+            .changeset/**/*.md
+
+      - name: Check if any changesets contain minor changes
+        id: find-blockers
+        if: steps.set-blocks.outputs.blocks == ''
+        run: |
+          echo "Checking for changesets marked as minor"
+          echo '::set-output name=found::false'
+          for file in ${{ steps.changed-files.outputs.all_changed_files }}; do
+            if grep -q "'astro': minor" "$file"; then
+              echo '::set-output name=found::true'
+              echo "$file has a minor release tag"
+            fi
+          done
+
+      - name: Add label
+        if: steps.find-blockers.outputs.found == 'true'
+        run: |
+          curl --request POST \
+            --url https://api.github.com/repos/${{github.repository}}/issues/${{github.event.number}}/labels \
+            --header 'authorization: Bearer ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}' \
+            --header 'content-type: application/json' \
+            -d '["semver minor"]'
+
+
+      - name: Send PR review
+        if: steps.find-blockers.outputs.found == 'true'
+        run: | # approve the pull request
+          curl --request POST \
+          --url https://api.github.com/repos/${{github.repository}}/pulls/${{github.event.number}}/reviews \
+          --header 'authorization: Bearer ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}' \
+          --header 'content-type: application/json' \
+          -d '{"event":"REQUEST_CHANGES","body":"This PR is blocked because it contains a `minor` changeset. A reviewer will merge this at the next release if approved."}'