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+#
+# Copyright (c) 2021 Seagate Technology LLC and/or its Affiliates
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published
+# by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+# GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+# along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# For any questions about this software or licensing,
+# please email opensource@seagate.com or cortx-questions@seagate.com.
+#
+name: Dispatch event for cortx submodule
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ main ]
+jobs:
+  dispatch:
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        repo: ['Seagate/cortx']
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Repository Dispatch
+        uses: seagate/repository-dispatch@v1
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.ACCESS_TOKEN }}
+          repository: ${{ matrix.repo }}
+          event-type: submodule-update-event