From 8f2d3da80d7b56102699a55998862fb2e7891b7f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eduard van Valkenburg <eavanvalkenburg@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2025 21:24:43 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] add merge gatekeeper (#214)

* add merge gatekeeper

* updated labeler
---
 .github/labeler.yml                    | 14 ++++++++----
 .github/workflows/merge-gatekeeper.yml | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/merge-gatekeeper.yml

diff --git a/.github/labeler.yml b/.github/labeler.yml
index 5f9be9ab3f..4771ffcdfd 100644
--- a/.github/labeler.yml
+++ b/.github/labeler.yml
@@ -1,12 +1,18 @@
 # Add 'python' label to any change within the 'python' directory
 python:
-  - python/**/*
+- changed_files:
+  - any-glob-to-any-file:
+    - python/**
 
 # Add '.NET' label to any change within samples or kernel 'dotnet' directories.
 .NET:
-  - dotnet/**/*
+- changed_files:
+  - any-glob-to-any-file:
+    - dotnet/**
 
 # Add 'documentation' label to any change within the 'docs' directory, or any '.md' files
 documentation:
-  - docs/**/*
-  - '**/*.md'
+- changed_files:
+  - any-glob-to-any-file:
+    - docs/**
+    - '**/*.md'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/merge-gatekeeper.yml b/.github/workflows/merge-gatekeeper.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ea0f27ce92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/merge-gatekeeper.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+name: Merge Gatekeeper
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ "main", "feature*" ]
+  merge_group:
+    branches: ["main"]
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  merge-gatekeeper:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    # Restrict permissions of the GITHUB_TOKEN.
+    # Docs: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-jobs/assigning-permissions-to-jobs
+    permissions:
+      checks: read
+      statuses: read
+    steps:
+      - name: Run Merge Gatekeeper
+        # NOTE: v1 is updated to reflect the latest v1.x.y. Please use any tag/branch that suits your needs:
+        #       https://github.com/upsidr/merge-gatekeeper/tags
+        #       https://github.com/upsidr/merge-gatekeeper/branches
+        uses: upsidr/merge-gatekeeper@v1
+        if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          timeout: 3600
+          interval: 30