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Verify that an otelbot "Auto-update registry versions" PR is a pure version bump, then on confirmation, approve and add it to the merge queue. Use for otelbot/auto-update-registry-* PRs in open-telemetry/opentelemetry.io.

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Approve Registry Update

Fast-path review for otelbot Auto-update registry versions PRs (for example #10556), which bump the package.version field in data/registry/*.yml entries. Per sig-practices.md#prs-from-bots, these can be approved and merged immediately — but only after confirming the change is a clean version bump with no other field changes and no added or changed URLs (including no trailing comment on the version line).

Arguments

  • No argument (the happy path): discover the open registry auto-update PR(s) and process each one through the workflow below, confirming and approving each separately.

    gh pr list --state open --author app/otelbot \
  --search "head:otelbot/auto-update-registry" --json number,headRefName,title

    If none are open, say so and stop.

  • Argument given: resolve $ARGUMENTS to a PR number — a bare number, a #-prefixed number, or a GitHub URL with /pull/<N>. If unrecognizable, ask.

Scope

Use this skill only for otelbot registry auto-update PRs. Route other otelbot auto-update PRs (SDK, instrumentation, collector, spec) and any PR that turns out not to be a clean bump to the review-pull-request skill.

Workflow

1. Confirm it's a registry auto-update PR

Branch-discovered PRs already satisfy this; only re-check when a PR was passed as an argument:

gh pr view <N> --json author,headRefName,title,state

Require: author.login is app/otelbot, headRefName starts with otelbot/auto-update-registry-, title starts with Auto-update registry versions, and state is OPEN. If not, stop and say so.

2. Analyze the diff

These PRs touch 100+ files, so write the diff to a file and inspect it with grep — don't print it to the terminal. Prefer ./tmp (gitignored) when it exists, else /tmp. Derive everything below from the diff, not from gh pr view --json files (that field caps at 100 files and under-reports large PRs).

gh pr diff <N> > ./tmp/registry-<N>.diff

A clean bump produces no output from any guard check below:

D=./tmp/registry-<N>.diff
# a. Changed files outside data/registry/*.yml, or files added/deleted/renamed:
grep -E '^\+\+\+ ' "$D" | sed 's#^+++ b/##' | grep -vE '^data/registry/.*\.ya?ml
#x27;
grep -E '^(new file|deleted file|rename|copy) ' "$D"
# b. Changed content lines that aren't a bare `version:` bump
#    (catches trailing comments, URLs, and any other field change):
grep -E '^[+-]' "$D" | grep -vE '^(\+\+\+|---) ' | grep -vE '^[+-][[:space:]]+version: [^#]*
#x27;

Summarize the bumps grouped by old → new version (useful for the report and the approval comment):

python3 - "$D" <<'PY'
import sys, re, collections
diff = open(sys.argv[1]).read()
bumps = collections.Counter(); n = 0
for f in re.split(r'(?m)^diff --git ', diff):
    old = re.search(r'(?m)^-\s+version:\s*(\S+)', f)
    new = re.search(r'(?m)^\+\s+version:\s*(\S+)', f)
    if old and new:
        n += 1; bumps[(old.group(1), new.group(1))] += 1
print(f"{n} files bumped")
for (o, nw), c in bumps.most_common():
    print(f"  {o} -> {nw}  ({c})")
PY

3. Report

  • Clean (all guard checks empty): report "Version bumps only — N files, no other field changes, no added or changed URLs," followed by the grouped old → new summary.
  • Not clean: report what each non-empty check found and point at what to inspect — a non-version line means another field changed; a # or http on a changed line means a trailing comment or URL was added; a non-registry path or add/delete/rename means the PR is doing more than a bump. Do not approve — recommend /review-pull-request, then ask whether to post the summary as a PR comment.

4. Approve and enqueue

Only when the verdict is clean, ask: Approve #N and add it to the merge queue? On yes, approve with the summary in the comment body (not just LGTM), then enqueue:

gh pr review <N> --approve --body "Version bumps only — no other field changes, no added or changed URLs. Per sig-practices.md (PRs from bots).

<grouped old → new summary>"
gh pr merge <N>

The repo uses a squash merge queue, so gh pr merge <N> needs no strategy: it enqueues the PR (or enables auto-merge until checks pass). On no, stop.

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